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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town, Marbella
MarbellaThe Plaza de los Naranjos and its fountain in the old town

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marbella by Décio Franchini, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Marbella?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Marbella for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Marbella’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, Marbella 76: Marbella leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Marbella 60: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Marbella 32: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Marbella 64: Marbella leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Marbella 70: Marbella leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Marbella 77: Marbella leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Marbella 70: Marbella leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Marbella 38: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Marbella 58: Marbella leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Marbella 30: Hoi An leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Marbella 30: Marbella leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Marbella 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 Marbella.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Marbella
55match

Wins on nightlife and day trips 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

Marbella in July

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

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Marbella's temperatures are measured 40 km from the centre, at Malaga / Aeropuerto.

Marbella 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Marbella: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (39.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMarbella
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 m22 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)39 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMarbella
City population121,716159,786
People per km²-1,398
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.