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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Prague?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Hiroshima for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’s own page.

Choose Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Hiroshima 30, Prague 10: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Prague 50: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Prague 65: Prague leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Prague 58: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Prague 77: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Prague 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Prague 83: Prague leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Prague 50: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Prague 62: Prague leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Prague 76: Prague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Prague 40: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Prague.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaPrague

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaPrague
Official languageJapaneseCzech
CurrencyYen (JPY)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m235 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaPrague
City population1,198,0211,397,880
People per km²1,3242,817
Museums within 10 km1888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.