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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Sapporo 40: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Sapporo 60: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Sapporo 80: Sapporo 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 Sapporo.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
15 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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSapporo
Official languageVietnameseJapanese
CurrencyDong (VND)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, fire 119
Elevation13 m5 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSapporo
City population121,7161,959,313
People per km²-1,747
Museums within 10 km533
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.