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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss

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

Hoi An or Lucerne?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Lucerne for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Lucerne’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, Lucerne 35: Hoi An leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Lucerne 35: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Lucerne 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An and Lucerne are level on 28.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Lucerne 92: Lucerne leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Lucerne 78: Lucerne leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Lucerne 86: Lucerne leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Lucerne 46: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Lucerne 8: Hoi An leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Lucerne 66: Lucerne leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Lucerne 46: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Lucerne.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Lucerne
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnLucerne
Official languageVietnameseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyDong (VND)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m436 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnLucerne
City population121,71686,234
People per km²-2,963
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.