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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Half-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France, Strasbourg
StrasbourgHalf-timbered houses on the canal, Petite France

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Strasbourg by Edoardo Colombo, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Strasbourg?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Strasbourg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Strasbourg’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, Strasbourg 10: Hoi An leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Strasbourg 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Strasbourg 70: Strasbourg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Strasbourg 40: Strasbourg leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Strasbourg 62: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Strasbourg 80: Strasbourg leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Strasbourg 66: Strasbourg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Strasbourg 79: Strasbourg leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Strasbourg 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Strasbourg 44: Hoi An leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Strasbourg 56: Strasbourg leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Strasbourg 55: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Strasbourg.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Strasbourg
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Strasbourg in July

26 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnStrasbourg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Strasbourg: 1991-2020 normals, Strasbourg (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnStrasbourg
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 m132 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsStrasbourg Airport (SXB)10 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnStrasbourg
City population121,716293,771
People per km²-3,752
Museums within 10 km521
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.