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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The House of the Blackheads at dusk, Riga
RigaThe House of the Blackheads at dusk

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

Hoi An or Riga?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Riga for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Riga’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, Riga 40: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Riga 52: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An and Riga are level on 66.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Riga 52: Riga leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Riga 55: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Riga 60: Riga leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Riga 50: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Riga 68: Riga leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Riga 45: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Riga 62: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Riga 65: Riga leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Riga 50: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Riga.

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.

Riga
55match

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

Riga in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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). Riga: 1991-2020 normals, Riga (4.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnRiga
Official languageVietnameseLatvian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRiga International Airport (RIX)9 km from centre93 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnRiga
City population121,716588,911
Museums within 10 km512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.