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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Santiago de Compostela?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An and Santiago de Compostela are level on 68.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Santiago de Compostela 62: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Santiago de Compostela 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Santiago de Compostela 35: Hoi An leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Santiago de Compostela 64: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Santiago de Compostela 40: Santiago de Compostela leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Santiago de Compostela 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 Santiago de Compostela.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSantiago de Compostela
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 m260 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSantiago de Compostela
City population121,716100,965
People per km²-459
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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.