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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Calgary 8, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Hoi An 28: Calgary leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Hoi An 63: Calgary leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Hoi An 50: Calgary leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Hoi An 58: Calgary leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Hoi An 24: Calgary leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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CalgaryHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryHoi An
Official languageFrench, EnglishVietnamese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1,045 m13 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryHoi An
City population1,306,784121,716
People per km²1,583-
Museums within 10 km135
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). 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.