Which is cheaper, Hoi An or Nha Trang?

Hoi An is cheaper: about $900 per month versus $938 for one person.

Is Hoi An or Nha Trang safer?

Hoi An scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Hoi An or Nha Trang?

M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

Hoi An vs Nha Trang

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Nha Trang edges it, 52 to 49, winning 1 of the 9 factors. Hoi An is stronger on nothing outright; Nha Trang on climate. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Hoi An

out of 100

Lantern-lit old town with a beach and a slower Vietnam

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Nha Trang

out of 100

Vietnam's beach city with a big bay and low costs

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Cost of living	72 ✓	70
Safety	68	68
Healthcare	65	65
Internet	no data	53
Visa ease	33	33
Getting there & around	20 ✓	16
Climate	17	50 ✓
Air quality	63 ✓	58
Quality of life	58	58

Cost

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$900 ✓	$938
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Homicides per 100k	1.9	1.9
Political stability (0–100)	66	66
UHC service coverage (0–100)	71	71
Life expectancy	73.8 yrs	73.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Download	no data	19.1 Mbps
Upload	no data	19.9 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Visa-free days, US passport	visa or e-visa required	visa or e-visa required
Visa-free days, EU passport	45 days	45 days
Visa-free days, UK passport	45 days	45 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Non-stop airport destinations	36	43 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	4 ✓	3
Transit (1–5, editorial)	1	1

Climate and air

Metric	Hoi An	Nha Trang
Comfortable months per year	2	6 ✓
Annual mean PM2.5	21.5 µg/m³ ✓	24 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hoi An or Nha Trang?: Hoi An is cheaper: about $900 per month versus $938 for one person.
Is Hoi An or Nha Trang safer?: Hoi An scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Hoi An or Nha Trang?: M-Lab has no reliable measurement for one of the two cities.

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages). Dataset 2026.09.4. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.