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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Sorrento?

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
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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

Choose Sorrento for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sorrento’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, Sorrento 60: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Sorrento 60: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Sorrento 32: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An and Sorrento are level on 28.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Sorrento 80: Sorrento leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Sorrento 95: Sorrento leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Sorrento 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Sorrento 58: Sorrento leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Sorrento 38: Hoi An leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Sorrento 32: Hoi An leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Sorrento 20: Hoi An leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Sorrento 48: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Sorrento.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Sorrento
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSorrento
Official languageVietnameseItalian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m50 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSorrento
City population121,71615,407
People per km²-1,541
Museums within 10 km56
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.