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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Marseille?

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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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 and Marseille are level on 72.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Marseille 67: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Marseille 63: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Marseille 50: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Marseille 47: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Marseille 45: Hoi An leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Marseille 37: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Marseille.

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.

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMarseille
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m0 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMarseille
City population121,716886,040
People per km²-3,683
Museums within 10 km527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.