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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Krakow?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Hoi An leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Krakow 55: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Krakow 62: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hoi An and Krakow are level on 58.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Krakow 48: Hoi An leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Krakow 72: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Krakow 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 Krakow.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnKrakow

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

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnKrakow
Official languageVietnamesePolish
CurrencyDong (VND)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m219 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnKrakow
City population121,716804,237
People per km²-2,459
Museums within 10 km5113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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. 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.