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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Palermo?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Palermo for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Palermo 72: Palermo leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Palermo 44: Hoi An leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Palermo 44: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Palermo 63: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Palermo 30: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Palermo.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Palermo
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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palermo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPalermo
Official languageVietnameseItalian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m14 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPalermo
City population121,716630,167
People per km²-3,924
Museums within 10 km542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.