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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hiroshima or Victoria Falls?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 Falls 7: Hiroshima leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Victoria Falls 24: Hiroshima leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Victoria Falls 12: Hiroshima leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Victoria Falls 8: Hiroshima leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Victoria Falls 22: Hiroshima leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Victoria Falls 38: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Victoria Falls 45: Hiroshima leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Victoria Falls 18: Hiroshima leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Victoria Falls 32: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Victoria Falls 10: Hiroshima leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Victoria Falls 34: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Victoria Falls.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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 Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HiroshimaVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaVictoria Falls
Official languageJapaneseEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyYen (JPY)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119999
Elevation3 m961 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaVictoria Falls
City population1,198,02133,060
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km182
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.