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Rozenhoedkaai and the Belfry, Bruges
BrugesRozenhoedkaai and the Belfry
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Bruges by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bruges 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 Bruges for

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

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Bruges 28, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Bruges 56, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bruges 75, Hoi An 66: Bruges leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bruges 27, Hoi An 28: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bruges 40, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Bruges 85, Hoi An 50: Bruges leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Bruges 54, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Bruges 78, Hoi An 48: Bruges leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bruges 45, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bruges 36, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bruges 40, Hoi An 24: Bruges leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bruges 40, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bruges and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Bruges
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bruges in July

21 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bruges 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.

Bruges's sunshine is measured 37 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bruges: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zeebrugge / Zeemanshaard (15.8 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrugesHoi An
Official languageFrench, German, DutchVietnamese
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
Elevation2 m13 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)94 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrugesHoi An
City population118,509121,716
People per km²840-
Museums within 10 km385
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.