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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Gdansk 40, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Hoi An 66: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Hoi An 28: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Hoi An 50: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Hoi An 58: Gdansk leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Hoi An 48: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Hoi An 24: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk 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

Gdansk
55match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHoi An
Official languagePolishVietnamese
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation11 m13 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHoi An
City population487,834121,716
People per km²714-
Museums within 10 km345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). 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.