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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cannes 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 Cannes for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Cannes 80, Hoi An 72: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Hoi An 28: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Hoi An 63: Cannes leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Hoi An 50: Cannes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Hoi An 48: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Hoi An 57: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Hoi An 24: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 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: Cannes and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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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CannesHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesHoi An
Official languageFrenchVietnamese
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
Elevation0 m13 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesHoi An
City population74,350121,716
People per km²3,793-
Museums within 10 km165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). 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.