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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Sugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de JaneiroSugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rio de Janeiro by Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Hoi An or Rio de Janeiro?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Rio de Janeiro for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Rio de Janeiro’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, Rio de Janeiro 92: Rio de Janeiro leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Rio de Janeiro 62: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Rio de Janeiro 68: Rio de Janeiro leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Rio de Janeiro 80: Rio de Janeiro leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Rio de Janeiro 90: Rio de Janeiro leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Hoi An and Rio de Janeiro are level on 50.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Rio de Janeiro 50: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Rio de Janeiro 44: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Rio de Janeiro 50: Hoi An leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Rio de Janeiro 60: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Rio de Janeiro 66: Rio de Janeiro leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Rio de Janeiro 30: Hoi An leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Rio de Janeiro.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Rio de Janeiro
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Rio de Janeiro in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
45 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnRio de Janeiro

Where the figures come from

Rio de Janeiro has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Rio de Janeiro: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnRio de Janeiro
Official languageVietnamesePortuguese
CurrencyDong (VND)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation13 m31 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)12 km from centre54 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnRio de Janeiro
City population121,7166,211,223
People per km²-4,930
Museums within 10 km569
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.