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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
Minato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock, Yokohama
YokohamaMinato Mirai and the Cosmo Clock

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Yokohama by Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hoi An or Yokohama?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Yokohama for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Yokohama’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, Yokohama 46: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Yokohama 72: Yokohama leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Yokohama 55: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Yokohama 44: Yokohama leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Yokohama 66: Yokohama leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Yokohama 86: Yokohama leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Yokohama 87: Yokohama leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Yokohama 60: Yokohama leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Yokohama 55: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Yokohama 56: Yokohama leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Yokohama 60: Hoi An leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Yokohama.

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.

Yokohama
Best match
64match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Yokohama in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yokohama's sunshine is measured 29 km from the centre, at Tokyo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Yokohama: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Yokohama (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnYokohama
Official languageVietnameseJapanese
CurrencyDong (VND)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, fire 119
Elevation13 m24 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnYokohama
City population121,7163,757,630
People per km²-8,585
Museums within 10 km538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.