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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An and Los Angeles are level on 66.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 39 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Los Angeles 25: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Los Angeles 24: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 59 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Los Angeles 60: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °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 AnLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnLos Angeles
City population121,7163,898,747
People per km²-2,994
Museums within 10 km539
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.