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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Montpellier?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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, Montpellier 64: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Montpellier 64: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Montpellier 60: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Montpellier 56: Montpellier leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Montpellier 72: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Montpellier 85: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Montpellier 62: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Montpellier 74: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Montpellier 47: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Montpellier 50: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Montpellier 63: Montpellier leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Montpellier 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Montpellier.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnMontpellier

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMontpellier
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m7 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMontpellier
City population121,716310,240
People per km²-5,452
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.