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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Beijing’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. Beijing 6, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Hoi An 68: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Hoi An 66: Beijing leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Hoi An 28: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Hoi An 50: Beijing leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Hoi An 58: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Hoi An 48: Beijing leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Hoi An 57: Beijing leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Hoi An 24: Beijing leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 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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BeijingHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingHoi An
Official languagePutonghuaVietnamese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Dong (VND)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation43 m13 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingHoi An
City population21,893,095121,716
People per km²1,334-
Museums within 10 km835
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km62
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. 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.

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.