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Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Gold Coast 92, Hoi An 72: Gold Coast leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Gold Coast 47, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Gold Coast 15, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Gold Coast 55, Hoi An 28: Gold Coast leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gold Coast 82, Hoi An 63: Gold Coast leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Gold Coast 52, Hoi An 50: Gold Coast leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Gold Coast 89, Hoi An 58: Gold Coast leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Gold Coast 45, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Gold Coast 40, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Gold Coast 35, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gold Coast 30, Hoi An 24: Gold Coast leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gold Coast 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: Gold Coast and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 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

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGold CoastHoi An
Official languageEnglishVietnamese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Dong (VND)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+7
Emergency number000Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation12 m13 m
Main airportGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGold CoastHoi An
City population607,665121,716
People per km²433-
Museums within 10 km25
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.