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The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Hiroshima or Zadar?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hiroshima 66, Zadar 45: Hiroshima leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hiroshima 60, Zadar 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hiroshima 45, Zadar 38: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hiroshima 62, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hiroshima 80, Zadar 70: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hiroshima 60, Zadar 55: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hiroshima 74, Zadar 58: Hiroshima leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hiroshima 52, Zadar 27: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Hiroshima 58, Zadar 52: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hiroshima 38, Zadar 28: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hiroshima 50, Zadar 35: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hiroshima and Zadar.

Your match

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

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHiroshimaZadar
Official languageJapaneseCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHiroshimaZadar
City population1,198,02170,779
People per km²1,324-
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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.