Map of Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima is the administrative centre of Hiroshima, Japan, with a population of about 1,200,754. It lies at 34.4000°N, 132.4500°E. Hiroshima is about 674 km (419 mi) west of Tokyo, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Hatsukaichi, 12 km to the southwest.

Hiroshima at a glance

Where is Hiroshima?

• The 11th largest city in Japan by recorded population.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 9 h 51 min on the shortest day to 14 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Hiroshima

• Hatsukaichi — 12 km southwest
• Kure — 22 km southeast
• Higashihiroshima — 26 km east
• Iwakuni — 34 km southwest
• Miyoshi — 58 km northeast
• Mihara — 58 km east
• Masuda — 62 km northwest
• Imabari-shi — 62 km southeast
• Hamada — 63 km northwest
• Shūnan — 67 km southwest

Largest cities in Hiroshima

• Fukuyama — 468,812
• Kure — 214,592
• Higashihiroshima — 196,608
• Onomichi — 131,170
• Hatsukaichi — 114,173
• Mihara — 90,573
• Miyoshi — 53,616
• Fuchūchō — 50,746
• Kannabechō-yahiro — 40,766
• Shōbara — 33,633

Largest cities in Japan

• Tokyo — 9,733,276
• Yokohama — 3,777,491
• Osaka — 2,753,862
• Nagoya — 2,332,176
• Sapporo — 1,973,832
• Fukuoka — 1,612,392
• Kawasaki — 1,538,262
• Kobe — 1,525,152
• Kyoto — 1,463,723
• Saitama — 1,324,854

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.