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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Hiroshima or Verona?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Verona for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Verona leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima and Verona are level on 66.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Verona 76: Verona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Verona 37: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Verona 65: Verona leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Verona 92: Verona leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Verona 66: Verona leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Verona 68: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima and Verona are level on 52.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Verona 46: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Verona 66: Verona leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Verona 48: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Verona.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
56match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 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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HiroshimaVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaVerona
Official languageJapaneseItalian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation3 m59 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaVerona
City population1,198,021255,588
People per km²1,3241,285
Museums within 10 km1818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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.