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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Tromso?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Hoi An leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Tromso 36: Hoi An leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Tromso 27: Hoi An leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Tromso 14: Hoi An leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Tromso 45: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Tromso 15: Hoi An leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Tromso 11: Hoi An leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Tromso 38: Hoi An leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Tromso.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnTromso
Official languageVietnameseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyDong (VND)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation13 m20 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnTromso
City population121,71679,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km58
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.