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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Auckland 68, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Hoi An 28: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Hoi An 63: Auckland leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Hoi An 50: Auckland leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Hoi An 58: Auckland leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Hoi An 24: Auckland leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Auckland
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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AucklandHoi An

Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandHoi An
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriVietnamese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Dong (VND)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number111Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation196 m13 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandHoi An
City population1,470,100121,716
People per km²2,630-
Museums within 10 km155
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Hoi An somewhere new.

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.