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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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. Dubrovnik 74, Hoi An 72: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Hoi An 66: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Hoi An 28: Dubrovnik leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Hoi An 63: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Hoi An 50: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Hoi An 48: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Hoi An 24: Dubrovnik leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikHoi An
Official languageCroatianVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation10 m13 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikHoi An
City population41,562121,716
Museums within 10 km75
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.