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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Osaka?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Osaka 63: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Osaka 58: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Osaka 60: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Osaka.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnOsaka
Official languageVietnameseJapanese
CurrencyDong (VND)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, fire 119
Elevation13 m20 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnOsaka
City population121,7162,751,862
People per km²-12,340
Museums within 10 km544
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.