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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Avignon’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. Avignon 22, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Hoi An 66: Avignon leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Hoi An 28: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Hoi An 63: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Hoi An 50: Avignon leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Hoi An 48: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Hoi An 24: Avignon leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Avignon
53match

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

Hoi An
Best match
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.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonHoi An
Official languageFrenchVietnamese
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
Elevation10 m13 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonHoi An
City population92,188121,716
People per km²1,420-
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
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.