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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Hoi An or Miami?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Miami for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Miami 72: Miami leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Miami 57: Hoi An leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Miami 82: Miami leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Miami 64: Miami leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Miami 42: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Miami 64: Miami leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Miami 35: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Miami 71: Miami leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Miami 27: Hoi An leads by 61 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Miami 55: Miami leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Miami 44: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Miami.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Miami
59match

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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMiami
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m2 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMiami
City population121,716442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km517
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.