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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Tampa?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Tampa for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Tampa 57: Hiroshima leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Tampa 42: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Tampa 55: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Tampa 54: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Tampa 22: Hiroshima leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Tampa 40: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Tampa 40: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Tampa 30: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Tampa.

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.

Tampa
49match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaTampa
Official languageJapanese-
CurrencyYen (JPY)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m30 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaTampa
City population1,198,021384,959
People per km²1,324848
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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. 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.