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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Rome?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Rome for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Rome 82: Rome leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Rome 99: Rome leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Rome 58: Rome leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Rome 58: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Rome 92: Rome leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Rome 50: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Rome 60: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Rome 72: Rome leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Rome 38: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Rome 68: Rome leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Rome 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 Rome.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaRome
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m21 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaRome
City population1,198,0212,748,109
People per km²1,3242,135
Museums within 10 km18178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.