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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Mazatlan?

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

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Mazatlan 62: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Mazatlan 42: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Mazatlan 66: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Mazatlan 45: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Mazatlan 42: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Mazatlan 30: Hoi An leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Mazatlan 70: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Mazatlan 35: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Mazatlan
52match

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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMazatlan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMazatlan
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDong (VND)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m139 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMazatlan
City population121,716441,975
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.