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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Rotterdam?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Hoi An leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Rotterdam 52: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Rotterdam 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Rotterdam 44: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Rotterdam 55: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Rotterdam 38: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Rotterdam 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Rotterdam.

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 prices and beaches with your weighting.

Rotterdam
55match

Wins on day trips 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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam 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.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnRotterdam
Official languageVietnameseDutch
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m10 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnRotterdam
City population121,716664,311
People per km²-2,080
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.