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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Hiroshima or Victoria?

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
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Victoria 50: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Victoria 42: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Victoria 30: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Victoria 54: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Victoria 60: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Victoria 40: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Victoria 34: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Victoria 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 Victoria.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaVictoria
Official languageJapaneseFrench, English
CurrencyYen (JPY)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119911
Elevation3 m23 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaVictoria
City population1,198,02191,867
People per km²1,3244,711
Museums within 10 km186
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.