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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Prague?

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 Prague for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Hoi An leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Prague 50: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Prague 83: Prague leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Prague 65: Prague leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Prague 58: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Prague 77: Prague leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Prague 50: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Prague 83: Prague leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Prague 50: Hoi An leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Prague 62: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Prague 76: Prague leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Prague 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 Prague.

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 prices with your weighting.

Prague
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPrague
Official languageVietnameseCzech
CurrencyDong (VND)Czech Koruna (CZK)
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 m235 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPrague
City population121,7161,397,880
People per km²-2,817
Museums within 10 km588
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.