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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Huntington Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Huntington Beach 46: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Huntington Beach 14: Hoi An leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Huntington Beach 38: Huntington Beach leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Huntington Beach 58: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Huntington Beach 20: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Huntington Beach 42: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Huntington Beach 28: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Huntington Beach 33: Huntington Beach leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Huntington Beach 36: Hoi An leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and day trips 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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnHuntington Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnHuntington Beach
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m12 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnHuntington Beach
City population121,716198,711
People per km²-2,406
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.