Which is cheaper, Himeji or Hiroshima?

Himeji and Hiroshima cost about the same: roughly $2,700 per month for one person.

Is Himeji or Hiroshima safer?

Himeji and Hiroshima score the same on safety (94), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Himeji or Hiroshima?

Himeji: a measured median of 91.3 Mbps versus 86.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Himeji vs Hiroshima

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Himeji edges it, 66 to 65, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Himeji

out of 100

Japan's finest original castle, with a shinkansen stop at the door

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Hiroshima

out of 100

Rebuilt city of peace, rivers and Miyajima island

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Where they differ

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, getting there & around, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Himeji if you want

no clear edge over Hiroshima in the data

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no clear edge over Himeji in the data

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Cost of living	26	26
Safety	94	94
Healthcare	92	92
Internet	90 ✓	88
Visa ease	65	65
Getting there & around	35 ✓	32
Climate	25	25
Air quality	90 ✓	85
Quality of life	74	74

Cost

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,700	$2,700
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Homicides per 100k	0.23	0.23
Political stability (0–100)	87.7	87.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	86	86
Life expectancy	83.9 yrs	83.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Download	91.3 Mbps ✓	86.3 Mbps
Upload	100.7 Mbps ✓	79.6 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Nomad visa	Digital nomad visa (Designated Activities)	Digital nomad visa (Designated Activities)
Minimum income for the visa	$5,285/mo	$5,285/mo
Entry, US passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, EU passport	90 days	90 days
Entry, UK passport	90 days	90 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Non-stop airport destinations	69 ✓	11
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4	4
Transit (1–5, editorial)	3	4 ✓

Climate and air

Metric	Himeji	Hiroshima
Comfortable months per year	3	3
Annual mean PM2.5	9.6 µg/m³ ✓	11.8 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Himeji or Hiroshima?: Himeji and Hiroshima cost about the same: roughly $2,700 per month for one person.
Is Himeji or Hiroshima safer?: Himeji and Hiroshima score the same on safety (94), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Himeji or Hiroshima?: Himeji: a measured median of 91.3 Mbps versus 86.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Nostos long-stay visa guides; Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.