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Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Goreme 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 Goreme for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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. Goreme 3, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Goreme 20, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Goreme 45, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Goreme 5, Hoi An 28: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Goreme 74, Hoi An 63: Goreme leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Goreme 70, Hoi An 50: Goreme leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Goreme 40, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Goreme 40, Hoi An 48: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Goreme 22, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Goreme 58, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Goreme 10, Hoi An 24: Hoi An leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Goreme 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: Goreme and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Goreme
36match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGoremeHoi An
Official languageTurkishVietnamese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1,100 m13 m
Main airportKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGoremeHoi An
City population2,000121,716
People per km²20-
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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. 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.

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.