Best time to visit Hiroshima
Japan · East Asia
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Hiroshima
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- JanJHiroshima in January: ok
- FebFHiroshima in February: ok
- MarMHiroshima in March: ok
- AprAHiroshima in April: sweet spot
- MayMHiroshima in May: sweet spot, busy
- JunJHiroshima in June: sweet spot
- JulJHiroshima in July: ok
- AugAHiroshima in August: ok, busy
- SepSHiroshima in September: sweet spot
- OctOHiroshima in October: sweet spot
- NovNHiroshima in November: sweet spot
- DecDHiroshima in December: ok
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- Busy
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Things to do in Hiroshima
- A-Bomb Dome The skeletal remains of the dome are the most recognizable symbol of the atomic bombing…
- Hiroshima Castle As of 22 March 2026, the castle is closed due to structural deterioration…
- Peace Memorial Museum This heart-wrenching museum documents the atomic bomb and its aftermath…
- Children's Peace Monument Perennially draped in thousands of origami paper cranes folded by schoolchildren across…
- Shukkeien While it's not one of Japan's Top 3…
- Hypocenter One block east of the A-Bomb Dome…
- Gokoku Shrine Located on the castle grounds, this concrete shrine has great significance to locals…
Tours and tickets in Hiroshima
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Hiroshima), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9° | 4d | 69% | 7.3h | ok | 9C max, 4 rainy days |
| Feb | 10° | 6d | 70% | 7.8h | ok | 10C max, 6 rainy days |
| Mar | 14° | 8d | 72% | 8.3h | ok | 14C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 18° | 8d | 74% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 18C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 22° | 8d | 75% | 9.5h | sweet spot busy | holidays: JP: Constitution Day |
| Jun | 25° | 11d | 82% | 8.7h | sweet spot | 25C max, 11 rainy days |
| Jul | 29° | 9d | 83% | 9.7h | ok | 29C max, 9 rainy days |
| Aug | 31° | 7d | 78% | 10.5h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 28° | 9d | 79% | 8.6h | sweet spot | 28C max, 9 rainy days |
| Oct | 22° | 7d | 75% | 8.0h | sweet spot | 22C max, 7 rainy days |
| Nov | 17° | 4d | 75% | 8.3h | sweet spot | 17C max, 4 rainy days |
| Dec | 11° | 4d | 71% | 7.3h | ok | 11C max, 4 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the centre, by the Peace Park, 43 km from the airport (HIJ): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Hiroshima's September days now average 27.9°C, 1.8°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 6 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 7.3° | 8.1° | 12.1° | 17.9° | 22.0° | 25.5° | 28.7° | 30.3° | 26.2° | 20.7° | 15.4° | 10.2° |
| 2017–26 | 8.9° | 9.8° | 13.9° | 18.2° | 22.2° | 25.3° | 29.5° | 31.4° | 27.9° | 22.2° | 16.7° | 10.6° |
| Change | +1.6° | +1.7° | +1.7° | +0.3° | +0.2° | -0.2° | +0.8° | +1.1° | +1.8° | +1.4° | +1.3° | +0.4° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Hiroshima is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Seoul
- from Tokyo
- from Taipei
- from Hong Kong
- from Manila
- from Ho Chi Minh City
- from Bangkok
- from Kolkata
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Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 100 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Yen. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. US State Department: Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions. Everything for Japan: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards are widely taken in cities, but carry cash for small restaurants, inns and rural areas. Suica and PASMO also pay in many shops, and PayPay QR codes are common.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Not done in restaurants or taxis; some hotels and restaurants add a 10% service charge.
Getting around Hiroshima
- Apps — Rides: GO, DiDi, S.RIDE, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: LINE. Ride apps here hail ordinary licensed taxis; private-car rideshare is limited to small trials.
There is a Visit Hiroshima Tourist Pass that covers either 1-3 days of unlimited journeys inside the city or the prefecture. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Hiroshima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 110 · ambulance and fire 119.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Hiroshima in pictures
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What Hiroshima is like
Hiroshima (広島) is an industrial city of wide boulevards and criss-crossing rivers along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Most of the memorials related to the atomic bomb are in and around the Peace Memorial Park (平和公園 Heiwa-kōen), reachable by tram line 2 or 6 to Genbaku Dome-mae. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Flower Festival (フラワーフェスティバル). First weekend of May. This is Hiroshima's biggest festival, begun in 1975 to celebrate the Carp's first baseball championship. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Hiroshima Airport (HIJ IATA). Connects from domestic destinations in Japan. ANA and JAL offer flights from Tokyo Haneda and Sapporo Chitose airports. More on Wikivoyage
- Staying safe
- Hiroshima has a rough reputation among Japanese people from other cities, thanks largely to the yakuza movies that were filmed in town. In reality it is much safer than any large Western city. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Hiroshima, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Hiroshima
Also in Japan
- Kyoto best May, Jun, Sep
- Mount Fuji best Apr, May, Oct
- Niseko best Mar, Jun, Jul
- Osaka best Apr, May, Jun
- Tokyo best May, Jun, Nov
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Kind of place
Hiroshima is in Japan, East Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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