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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Tunis?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Tunis 60: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Tunis 33: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Tunis 45: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Tunis 77: Hiroshima leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Tunis 38: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Tunis 48: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Tunis 50: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima and Tunis are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Tunis
56match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaTunis
Official languageJapaneseArabic
CurrencyYen (JPY)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation3 m4 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaTunis
City population1,198,021602,560
People per km²1,3242,834
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.