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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hoi An or York?

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 York for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Hoi An leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, York 42: Hoi An leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, York 70: York leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, York 36: York leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, York 62: Hoi An leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, York 80: York leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, York 60: York leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, York 72: York leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, York 46: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, York 38: Hoi An leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, York 38: York leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, York 34: Hoi An 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 York.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnYork
Official languageVietnameseEnglish
CurrencyDong (VND)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112 or 999
Elevation13 m25 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnYork
City population121,716208,400
People per km²-766
Museums within 10 km524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.