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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Galway’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. Galway 28, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Hoi An 28: Galway leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Hoi An 63: Galway leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Hoi An 50: Galway leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Hoi An 48: Galway leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Hoi An 24: Galway leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

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

Hoi An
Best match
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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayHoi An
Official languageEnglish, IrishVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation25 m13 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayHoi An
City population83,456121,716
People per km²1,563-
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.