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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Sharm el-Sheikh?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’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, Sharm el-Sheikh 87: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Hiroshima leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Sharm el-Sheikh 12: Hiroshima leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Sharm el-Sheikh 42: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Sharm el-Sheikh 82: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Hiroshima leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Sharm el-Sheikh 62: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Sharm el-Sheikh 22: Hiroshima leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Sharm el-Sheikh 25: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Sharm el-Sheikh 74: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Sharm el-Sheikh 10: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima and Sharm el-Sheikh are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Sharm el-Sheikh.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

Wins on beaches 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

Sharm el-Sheikh in July

38 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sharm el-Sheikh has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaSharm el-Sheikh
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation3 m1 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaSharm el-Sheikh
City population1,198,02173,000
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.