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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Belfast’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. Belfast 20, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Hoi An 28: Belfast leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Hoi An 63: Belfast leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Hoi An 50: Belfast leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Belfast and Hoi An are level on 58.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Hoi An 48: Belfast leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Hoi An 24: Belfast leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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BelfastHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastHoi An
Official languageEnglishVietnamese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Dong (VND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation3 m13 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastHoi An
City population345,006121,716
People per km²3,000-
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.