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The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Hoi An or Zadar?

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
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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 and Zadar are level on 72.
Food & drink. Hoi An 68, Zadar 45: Hoi An leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hoi An 66, Zadar 55: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hoi An 28, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hoi An 63, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Hoi An 50, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hoi An 58, Zadar 55: Hoi An leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hoi An 48, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hoi An 57, Zadar 27: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hoi An 88, Zadar 52: Hoi An leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hoi An 24, Zadar 28: Zadar leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hoi An 65, Zadar 35: Hoi An leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hoi An and Zadar.

Your match

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

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Zadar 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHoi AnZadar
Official languageVietnameseCroatian
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 m5 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHoi AnZadar
City population121,71670,779
Museums within 10 km51
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.