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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Salzburg?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Salzburg 45: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Salzburg 25: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima and Salzburg are level on 80.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Salzburg 72: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Salzburg 48: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Salzburg 32: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salzburg
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaSalzburg
Official languageJapaneseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m424 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaSalzburg
City population1,198,021155,021
People per km²1,3242,360
Museums within 10 km1838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.