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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Hoi An?

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 Adelaide for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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. Adelaide 68, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Hoi An 68: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Hoi An 28: Adelaide leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Hoi An 63: Adelaide leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Hoi An 50: Adelaide leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Hoi An 58: Adelaide leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Hoi An 48: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Hoi An 24: Adelaide leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Adelaide
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideHoi An
Official languageEnglishVietnamese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Dong (VND)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1 m13 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideHoi An
City population1,387,290121,716
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km135
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.