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The Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua, Antigua Guatemala
Antigua GuatemalaThe Santa Catalina arch below Volcan de Agua
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Antigua Guatemala by Chad Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antigua Guatemala 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 Antigua Guatemala for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Antigua Guatemala 6, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Antigua Guatemala 48, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Antigua Guatemala 68, Hoi An 66: Antigua Guatemala leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Antigua Guatemala 34, Hoi An 28: Antigua Guatemala leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antigua Guatemala 78, Hoi An 63: Antigua Guatemala leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Antigua Guatemala 55, Hoi An 50: Antigua Guatemala leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Antigua Guatemala 38, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Antigua Guatemala 60, Hoi An 48: Antigua Guatemala leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antigua Guatemala 45, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Antigua Guatemala 67, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antigua Guatemala 22, Hoi An 24: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antigua Guatemala 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: Antigua Guatemala and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Antigua Guatemala
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Antigua Guatemala in July

25 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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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Where the figures come from

Antigua Guatemala has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antigua Guatemala: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Guatemala Aeropuertola Aurora (23.5 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHoi An
Official languageSpanishVietnamese
CurrencyQuetzal (GTQ)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110/120, ambulance 128, fire 123Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1,582 m13 m
Main airportLa Aurora International Airport (GUA)22 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntigua GuatemalaHoi An
City population59,091121,716
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.