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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Mostar?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Hoi An leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Mostar 40: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Mostar 54: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Mostar 25: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Mostar 34: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Mostar 44: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Mostar 32: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Mostar 78: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Mostar 16: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Mostar 20: Hoi An leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Mostar.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnMostar
Official languageVietnameseCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyDong (VND)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m60 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnMostar
City population121,716105,448
People per km²-90
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.