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The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

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

Halifax 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 Halifax for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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. Halifax 32, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Halifax 50, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Halifax 42, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Halifax 46, Hoi An 28: Halifax leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Halifax 62, Hoi An 63: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Halifax 63, Hoi An 50: Halifax leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Halifax 55, Hoi An 58: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Halifax and Hoi An are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Halifax 35, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Halifax 38, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Halifax 46, Hoi An 24: Halifax leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Halifax 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: Halifax and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Halifax
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.

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
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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HalifaxHoi An

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHalifaxHoi An
Official languageFrench, EnglishVietnamese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4, UTC-3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation28 m13 m
Main airportHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHalifaxHoi An
City population440,072121,716
People per km²80-
Museums within 10 km155
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.