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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Sorrento?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Sorrento for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Sorrento’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, Sorrento 60: Sorrento leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Sorrento 60: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Sorrento 32: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Sorrento 28: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Sorrento 80: Sorrento leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Sorrento 95: Sorrento leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Sorrento 42: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Sorrento 58: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Sorrento 38: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Sorrento 32: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Sorrento 20: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Sorrento 48: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Sorrento.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sorrento
49match

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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °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

Sorrento has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaSorrento
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 m50 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaSorrento
City population1,198,02115,407
People per km²1,3241,541
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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.