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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Hoi An leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Oaxaca 62: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Oaxaca 40: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Oaxaca 77: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Oaxaca 50: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Oaxaca.

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 families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnOaxaca
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDong (VND)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m1,555 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnOaxaca
City population121,716258,913
People per km²-3,028
Museums within 10 km510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.