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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Sarasota?

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
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sarasota for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarasota’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, Sarasota 86: Sarasota leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Sarasota 44: Hoi An leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Sarasota 45: Hoi An leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An and Sarasota are level on 28.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Sarasota 55: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hoi An and Sarasota are level on 50.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Sarasota 68: Sarasota leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Sarasota 28: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Sarasota 40: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Sarasota 30: Hoi An leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Sarasota 58: Sarasota leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Sarasota 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 Sarasota.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Sarasota
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSarasota

Where the figures come from

Sarasota has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSarasota
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m7 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSarasota
City population121,71654,842
People per km²-840
Museums within 10 km53
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.