Hiroshima
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About
Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan. As of June 1, 2019, the city had an estimated population of 1,199,391. The gross domestic product (GDP) in Greater Hiroshima, Hiroshima Urban Employment Area, was US$61.3 billion as of 2010. Kazumi Matsui has been the city's mayor since April 2011. The Hiroshima metropolitan area is the second largest urban area in the Chugoku Region of Japan, following the Okayama metropolitan area.
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The next week in Hiroshima
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
26° / 15°
UV High
Sun
Clear
27° / 14°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
29° / 15°
UV Very high
Tue
Overcast
27° / 16°
UV High
Wed
Rain
26° / 18°
30.8 mm
UV High
Thu
Rain
24° / 17°
18.1 mm
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
31° / 2°
Typical high / low
5 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.9h
05:08 – 19:04local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Hiroshima
4 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK) at 33 km.
Getting around Hiroshima
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Kzaral (original raster), Ch1902.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.