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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Tunis?

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

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Tunis for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Hoi An leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Tunis 60: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Tunis 33: Tunis leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Tunis 45: Hoi An leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Tunis 38: Hoi An leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hoi An and Tunis are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Tunis 50: Hoi An leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Tunis 86: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Tunis 58: Hoi An leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Tunis.

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 families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tunis
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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnTunis
Official languageVietnameseArabic
CurrencyDong (VND)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation13 m4 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnTunis
City population121,716602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.