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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Ubud?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Hoi An leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Ubud 60: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Ubud 58: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Ubud 15: Hoi An leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Ubud 48: Hoi An leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Ubud 10: Hoi An leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Ubud 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Ubud 80: Hoi An leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Ubud.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hoi An
57match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnUbud
Official languageVietnameseIndonesian
CurrencyDong (VND)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m210 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre63 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnUbud
City population121,716-
Museums within 10 km514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.