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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Hong Kong?

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 Hoi An for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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. Hoi An 72, Hong Kong 50: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Hong Kong 60: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Hong Kong 27: Hoi An leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Hong Kong 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 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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Hoi AnHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnHong Kong
Official languageVietnameseStandard Chinese
CurrencyDong (VND)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114999
Elevation13 m7 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnHong Kong
City population121,7167,413,070
Museums within 10 km539
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.