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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Maastricht?

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 Maastricht for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Maastricht 58: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Maastricht 60: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Maastricht 58: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Maastricht 55: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Maastricht 38: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Maastricht 52: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Maastricht.

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.

Maastricht
52match

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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 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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Hoi AnMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMaastricht
Official languageVietnameseDutch
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 m49 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMaastricht
City population121,716120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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.