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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Hoi An or Phuket?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Phuket for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Phuket 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Phuket 35: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 44 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Phuket 80: Phuket leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Phuket 45: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Phuket 22: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Phuket 42: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Phuket 68: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Phuket 20: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Phuket.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hoi An
57match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Phuket
57match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPhuket
Official languageVietnameseThai
CurrencyDong (VND)Baht (THB)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation13 m19 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPhuket
City population121,71677,610
People per km²-6,468
Museums within 10 km52
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.