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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Tokyo 48: Hoi An leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnTokyo
Official languageVietnameseJapanese
CurrencyDong (VND)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, fire 119
Elevation13 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnTokyo
City population121,71614,264,798
People per km²-6,501
Museums within 10 km5192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.