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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Hoi An leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An and Portland are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Portland 38: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Portland 52: Portland leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Portland 84: Portland leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Portland 58: Portland leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Portland 55: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Portland 62: Portland leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Portland 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Portland 38: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Portland 55: Portland leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Portland 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 Portland.

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 prices with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPortland
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m152 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPortland
City population121,716652,503
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.