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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Bangkok 12, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Hoi An 68: Bangkok leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Hoi An 66: Bangkok leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Hoi An 28: Bangkok leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Hoi An 50: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Hoi An 48: Bangkok leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Hoi An 57: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Hoi An 24: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Hoi An 65: Bangkok leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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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BangkokHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHoi An
Official languageThaiVietnamese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Dong (VND)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation2 m13 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHoi An
City population5,676,648121,716
People per km²3,619-
Museums within 10 km595
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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.