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The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Buenos Aires 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 Buenos Aires for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Buenos Aires 7, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Buenos Aires 75, Hoi An 68: Buenos Aires leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Buenos Aires 71, Hoi An 66: Buenos Aires leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Buenos Aires 95, Hoi An 28: Buenos Aires leads by 67 points.
Nature & outdoors. Buenos Aires 38, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Buenos Aires 60, Hoi An 50: Buenos Aires leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Buenos Aires 52, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Buenos Aires 62, Hoi An 48: Buenos Aires leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Buenos Aires 60, Hoi An 57: Buenos Aires leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Buenos Aires 55, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Buenos Aires 75, Hoi An 24: Buenos Aires leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Buenos Aires 28, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Buenos Aires and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Buenos Aires
57match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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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Buenos AiresHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBuenos AiresHoi An
Official languageSpanishVietnamese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Dong (VND)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency number117 or 911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation25 m13 m
Main airportEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBuenos AiresHoi An
City population3,121,707121,716
People per km²15,355-
Museums within 10 km765
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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). 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.