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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Phnom Penh?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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, Phnom Penh 6: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Phnom Penh 62: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Phnom Penh 62: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Phnom Penh 28: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Phnom Penh 34: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Phnom Penh 32: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Phnom Penh 35: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Phnom Penh 46: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Phnom Penh 86: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Phnom Penh 32: Phnom Penh leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Phnom Penh 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 Phnom Penh.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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 AnPhnom Penh

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPhnom Penh
Official languageVietnameseKhmer
CurrencyDong (VND)Riel (KHR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation13 m11 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPhnom Penh
City population121,7162,129,371
People per km²-3,138
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.