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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Valencia?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valencia for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Valencia 60: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An and Valencia are level on 57.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Valencia 57: Hoi An leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Valencia 42: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Valencia.

Your match

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

Hoi An
57match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on nightlife 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnValencia
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
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 m15 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnValencia
City population121,716840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km545
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.