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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Paris?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Paris for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Hoi An leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Paris 96: Paris leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Paris 97: Paris leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Paris 80: Paris leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Paris 52: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Paris 92: Paris leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Paris 79: Paris leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Paris 88: Paris leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Paris 98: Paris leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Paris 25: Hoi An leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Paris 88: Paris leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Paris 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 Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnParis
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 m27 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnParis
City population121,7162,103,778
People per km²-19,960
Museums within 10 km5251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. 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.