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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Saint-Tropez 48: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Saint-Tropez 35: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Saint-Tropez 42: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Saint-Tropez 32: Hoi An leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Saint-Tropez 8: Hoi An leads by 80 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Saint-Tropez 18: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Saint-Tropez 35: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Saint-Tropez.

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.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on nightlife 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSaint-Tropez
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m0 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSaint-Tropez
City population121,7163,582
People per km²-320
Museums within 10 km54
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.