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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Mexico City?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Hoi An leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Mexico City 50: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hoi An and Mexico City are level on 58.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Mexico City 75: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Mexico City 40: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMexico City
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDong (VND)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m2,240 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMexico City
City population121,7169,209,944
People per km²-6,202
Museums within 10 km5108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.