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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Hiroshima or Valencia?

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

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valencia for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Valencia 60: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Valencia 70: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Valencia 57: Hiroshima leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Valencia 42: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Valencia.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaValencia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaValencia
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 m15 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaValencia
City population1,198,021840,792
People per km²1,3246,242
Museums within 10 km1845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.