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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Hoi An or Sydney?

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
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Sydney for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Sydney 60: Hoi An leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hoi An and Sydney are level on 50.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Sydney 22: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Sydney 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 Sydney.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnSydney

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnSydney
Official languageVietnameseEnglish
CurrencyDong (VND)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114000
Elevation13 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnSydney
City population121,7165,450,496
People per km²-449
Museums within 10 km538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.