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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or San Sebastian?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose San Sebastian for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, San Sebastian 52: Hoi An leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, San Sebastian 72: San Sebastian leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, San Sebastian 40: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, San Sebastian 32: Hoi An leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, San Sebastian 50: Hoi An leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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 Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSan Sebastian
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSan Sebastian
City population121,716189,866
People per km²-3,118
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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. 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.