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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Hiroshima or Valparaiso?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Valparaiso 50: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Valparaiso 60: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Valparaiso 63: Hiroshima leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Valparaiso 33: Hiroshima leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Valparaiso 44: Hiroshima leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Valparaiso 30: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima and Valparaiso are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Valparaiso 18: Hiroshima leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Valparaiso.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaValparaiso
Official languageJapaneseSpanish
CurrencyYen (JPY)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation3 m21 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaValparaiso
City population1,198,021296,655
People per km²1,3246,180
Museums within 10 km1817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.