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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Singapore?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Singapore 62: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Singapore 45: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Singapore 25: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Singapore 25: Hoi An leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Singapore 40: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSingapore
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyDong (VND)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation13 m21 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSingapore
City population121,7165,866,139
People per km²-8,158
Museums within 10 km540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.