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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park, Paphos
PaphosThe lighthouse in the Paphos Archaeological Park

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paphos by Nikodem Nijaki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Paphos?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Paphos for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Paphos’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, Paphos 76: Paphos leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Paphos 45: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Paphos 62: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Paphos 38: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Paphos 70: Paphos leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Paphos 64: Paphos leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Paphos 68: Paphos leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Paphos 40: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Paphos 25: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Paphos 52: Hoi An leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Paphos 22: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Paphos 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Paphos.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Paphos
50match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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

Paphos in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Paphos 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Paphos: 1991-2020 normals, Paphos Airport (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPaphos
Official languageVietnameseTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m72 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPaphos International Airport (PFO)8 km from centre58 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPaphos
City population121,71635,961
People per km²-1,987
Museums within 10 km54
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.