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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Tel Aviv?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Tel Aviv 57: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Tel Aviv 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Tel Aviv 64: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Tel Aviv 14: Hiroshima leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Tel Aviv 35: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaTel Aviv
Official languageJapaneseHebrew
CurrencyYen (JPY)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 100, fire 102
Elevation3 m5 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaTel Aviv
City population1,198,021467,875
People per km²1,3248,998
Museums within 10 km1898
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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.