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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Punta del Este

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Punta del Este?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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 and Punta del Este are level on 72.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Punta del Este 45: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Punta del Este 22: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Punta del Este 55: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Punta del Este 45: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Punta del Este 55: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Punta del Este 35: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Punta del Este 42: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Punta del Este 20: Hoi An leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Punta del Este 22: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Punta del Este 32: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Punta del Este.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on 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

Punta del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Punta del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Punta del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnPunta del Este
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m11 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnPunta del Este
City population121,7169,277
People per km²-455
Museums within 10 km55
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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.