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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

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

Hoi An or Verona?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Verona for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Verona 66: Hoi An leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Verona 76: Verona leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Verona 37: Verona leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Verona 65: Verona leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Verona 92: Verona leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Verona 66: Verona leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Verona 68: Verona leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Verona 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Verona 46: Hoi An leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Verona 66: Verona leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Verona 48: Hoi An leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Verona.

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.

Verona
Best match
61match

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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnVerona
Official languageVietnameseItalian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation13 m59 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnVerona
City population121,716255,588
People per km²-1,285
Museums within 10 km518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.