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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Madrid?

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 Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Hoi An leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Madrid 60: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Madrid 50: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Madrid 36: Hoi An leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 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 AnMadrid

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMadrid
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMadrid
City population121,7163,506,730
People per km²-5,801
Museums within 10 km588
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.