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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Edinburgh 22, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Hoi An 66: Edinburgh leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Hoi An 28: Edinburgh leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Hoi An 63: Edinburgh leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Hoi An 50: Edinburgh leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh 62, Hoi An 58: Edinburgh leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Hoi An 48: Edinburgh leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh 50, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Hoi An 24: Edinburgh leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh 34, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Edinburgh
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghHoi An
Official languageEnglishVietnamese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Dong (VND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112 or 999Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation47 m13 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghHoi An
City population488,050121,716
People per km²1,884-
Museums within 10 km325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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. 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.