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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Doha 45, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Hoi An 28: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Hoi An 50: Hoi An leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Hoi An 58: Doha leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Hoi An 57: Doha leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Hoi An 24: Doha leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 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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DohaHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaHoi An
Official languageArabicVietnamese
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Dong (VND)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number999Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation0 m13 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDohaHoi An
City population1,186,023121,716
People per km²8,985-
Museums within 10 km65
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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.