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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Seville?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Seville 73: Seville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Seville 82: Seville leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Seville 62: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Seville 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima and Seville are level on 80.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Seville 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Seville 72: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Seville 55: Seville leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima and Seville are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Seville 68: Seville leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaSeville
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
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 m18 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaSeville
City population1,198,021689,423
People per km²1,3244,896
Museums within 10 km1824
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.