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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Lyon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lyon for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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, Lyon 12: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Lyon 84: Lyon leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Lyon 64: Lyon leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Lyon 62: Lyon leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Lyon 58: Lyon leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Lyon 42: Hoi An leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Lyon 40: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Lyon.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Lyon
Best match
60match

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

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnLyon
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m160 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnLyon
City population121,716519,127
People per km²-10,838
Museums within 10 km543
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.