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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Honolulu?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Honolulu 55: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Honolulu 38: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Honolulu 52: Honolulu leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Honolulu 15: Hoi An leads by 73 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Honolulu 50: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnHonolulu
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m12 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnHonolulu
City population121,716350,964
People per km²-1,981
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.