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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Malaga?

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
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Malaga for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Malaga’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, Malaga 77: Malaga leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An and Malaga are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Malaga 65: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Malaga 62: Malaga leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Malaga 73: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Malaga 87: Malaga leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Malaga 70: Malaga leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Malaga 55: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Malaga 55: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Malaga 45: Malaga leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Malaga 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Malaga.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips 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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMalaga

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMalaga
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 m18 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMalaga
City population121,716599,063
People per km²-1,517
Museums within 10 km532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.