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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Hoi An or Washington DC?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Washington DC 67: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Washington DC 64: Washington DC leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Washington DC 52: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Washington DC 28: Hoi An leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Washington DC 26: Hoi An leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Washington DC.

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 beaches and prices with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hoi AnWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnWashington DC
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation13 m72 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnWashington DC
City population121,716689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 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). 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.