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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Salvador?

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 Salvador for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Salvador 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Salvador 52: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Salvador 56: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Salvador 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Salvador 42: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Salvador 42: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Salvador 70: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Salvador 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 Salvador.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Salvador
58match

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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSalvador
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 m8 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSalvador
City population121,7162,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km549
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.