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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Ljubljana?

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
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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, Ljubljana 22: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Ljubljana 55: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Ljubljana 55: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Ljubljana 54: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Ljubljana 33: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Ljubljana 54: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Ljubljana 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 Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnLjubljana
Official languageVietnameseSlovene
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m309 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnLjubljana
City population121,716284,293
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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). 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.