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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Montevideo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Montevideo 57: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Montevideo 54: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Montevideo 34: Hoi An leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Montevideo 55: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Montevideo 36: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Montevideo 42: Hoi An leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Montevideo 38: Hoi An leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMontevideo
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m41 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMontevideo
City population121,7161,302,954
People per km²-1,785
Museums within 10 km536
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.