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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Hoi An or San Francisco?

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 San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Hoi An leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, San Francisco 14: Hoi An leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, San Francisco 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 San Francisco.

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.

San Francisco
59match

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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSan Francisco
City population121,716873,965
People per km²-1,455
Museums within 10 km551
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.