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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Lima?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Lima for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Lima 88: Lima leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An and Lima are level on 66.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Lima 62: Lima leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Lima 45: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Lima 34: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Lima 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Lima 35: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Lima 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Lima 70: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Lima 53: Lima leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Lima 25: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Lima.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Lima
51match

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnLima
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyDong (VND)Sol (PEN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114111 or 911
Elevation13 m154 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnLima
City population121,7169,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km547
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.