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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Porto?

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
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Porto for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Porto 70: Porto leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Porto 68: Porto leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Porto 65: Porto leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Porto 64: Porto leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Porto 79: Porto leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Porto 52: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Porto 66: Porto leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Porto 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Porto 62: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Porto 52: Porto leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Porto 34: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Porto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Porto
59match

Wins on nightlife and day trips 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnPorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPorto
Official languageVietnamesePortuguese
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m104 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPorto
City population121,716273,476
People per km²-6,606
Museums within 10 km542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.