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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Monaco?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Monaco for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’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, Monaco 68: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Monaco 57: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Monaco 55: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Monaco 48: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Monaco 70: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Monaco 84: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Monaco 60: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Monaco 78: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Monaco 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Monaco 3: Hoi An leads by 85 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Monaco 63: Monaco leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Monaco 55: Hoi An 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 Monaco.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Monaco
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips 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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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). Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMonaco
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m68 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMonaco
City population121,71638,857
People per km²-18,503
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.