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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
San DiegoThe Botanical Building, Balboa Park

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Diego by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or San Diego?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Diego for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on San Diego’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 and San Diego are level on 72.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, San Diego 62: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, San Diego 50: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, San Diego 48: San Diego leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, San Diego 77: San Diego leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, San Diego 60: San Diego leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, San Diego 96: San Diego leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, San Diego 38: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, San Diego 44: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, San Diego 26: Hoi An leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, San Diego 56: San Diego leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, San Diego 45: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and San Diego.

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 prices and wellness with your weighting.

San Diego
56match

Wins on families 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

San Diego in July

24 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSan Diego

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). San Diego: 1991-2020 normals, San Diego International Airport (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSan Diego
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m129 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSan Diego International Airport (SAN)3 km from centre87 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSan Diego
City population121,7161,386,932
People per km²-1,438
Museums within 10 km526
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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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.