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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Hiroshima or Toulouse?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima and Toulouse are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Toulouse 58: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Toulouse 72: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Toulouse 70: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Toulouse 50: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Toulouse 46: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Toulouse 27: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Toulouse.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaToulouse
Official languageJapaneseFrench
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m115 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaToulouse
City population1,198,021514,819
People per km²1,3244,352
Museums within 10 km1824
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.