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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Toledo?

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

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Toledo 40: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Toledo 22: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Toledo 40: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Toledo 78: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Toledo 45: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Toledo 64: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Toledo 32: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima and Toledo are level on 58.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Toledo 22: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Toledo 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 Toledo.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and beaches with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 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). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaToledo
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 m523 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaToledo
City population1,198,02187,216
People per km²1,324376
Museums within 10 km1813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.