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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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. Antwerp 15, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Hoi An 66: Antwerp leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Hoi An 28: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Hoi An 50: Antwerp leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Hoi An 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Hoi An 48: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Hoi An 57: Antwerp leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Hoi An 24: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antwerp
55match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpHoi An
Official languageFrench, German, DutchVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation7 m13 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpHoi An
City population529,247121,716
People per km²2,542-
Museums within 10 km385
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km92
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.