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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Florence 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 Florence for

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

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Florence 14, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Hoi An 68: Florence leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Hoi An 66: Florence leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Hoi An 28: Florence leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Hoi An 50: Florence leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Hoi An 48: Florence leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Hoi An 57: Florence leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Hoi An 24: Florence leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 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: Florence 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

Florence
59match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hoi An
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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceHoi An
Official languageItalianVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation50 m13 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceHoi An
City population360,930121,716
People per km²3,528-
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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). 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. 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. 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.