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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Quebec City?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Hoi An leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Quebec City 57: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Quebec City 58: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Quebec City 45: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Quebec City 45: Hoi An leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Quebec City 55: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Quebec City.

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.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnQuebec City
Official languageVietnameseFrench, English
CurrencyDong (VND)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m98 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnQuebec City
City population121,716574,482
People per km²-1,184
Museums within 10 km516
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. 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.