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The CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei, Bucharest
BucharestThe CEC Palace on Calea Victoriei
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Bucharest by Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bucharest 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 Bucharest for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Bucharest 8, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Bucharest 55, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Bucharest 58, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bucharest 70, Hoi An 28: Bucharest leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bucharest 45, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Bucharest 52, Hoi An 50: Bucharest leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bucharest 52, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bucharest 52, Hoi An 48: Bucharest leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bucharest 45, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Bucharest 70, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bucharest 60, Hoi An 24: Bucharest leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bucharest 47, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bucharest and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Bucharest
51match

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

Hoi An
Best match
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.

Bucharest in July

30 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bucharest: 1991-2020 normals, Bucuresti / Imh (10 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBucharestHoi An
Official languageRomanianVietnamese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation70 m13 m
Main airportBucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (OTP)18 km from centre121 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBucharestHoi An
City population1,716,961121,716
People per km²7,597-
Museums within 10 km415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.