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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Marrakech?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Marrakech for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Hoi An leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Marrakech 64: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Marrakech 76: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Marrakech 33: Marrakech leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Marrakech 28: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Marrakech 25: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Marrakech 38: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Marrakech 72: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Marrakech 25: Marrakech leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Marrakech.

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 families with your weighting.

Marrakech
49match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMarrakech

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMarrakech
Official languageVietnameseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyDong (VND)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation13 m465 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMarrakech
City population121,7161,002,697
People per km²-4,360
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.