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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Nice?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Nice for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Nice 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Nice 64: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Nice 47: Nice leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Nice 80: Nice leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Nice 87: Nice leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Nice 57: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Nice 74: Nice leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Nice 55: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Nice 35: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Nice 45: Nice leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Nice 40: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Nice.

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.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Nice 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnNice
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 m0 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnNice
City population121,716357,737
People per km²-4,975
Museums within 10 km517
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. 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.