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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Hoi An or The Hague?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose The Hague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, The Hague 48: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An and The Hague are level on 66.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, The Hague 38: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, The Hague 52: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, The Hague 55: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, The Hague 35: Hoi An leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, The Hague 58: The Hague leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, The Hague 45: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and The Hague.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

The Hague
56match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnThe Hague
Official languageVietnameseDutch
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m1 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnThe Hague
City population121,716548,320
People per km²-5,589
Museums within 10 km554
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.