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A palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay, Akumal
AkumalA palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Akumal or Hanoi?

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 Akumal for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hanoi’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. Akumal 88, Hanoi 6: Akumal leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Akumal 28, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Akumal 6, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 66 points.
Nightlife. Akumal 7, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Akumal 77, Hanoi 52: Akumal leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Akumal 68, Hanoi 58: Akumal leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Akumal 70, Hanoi 35: Akumal leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Akumal 18, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Akumal 7, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Akumal 36, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Akumal 4, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Akumal 55, Hanoi 46: Akumal leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Akumal
39match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Akumal in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAkumalHanoi
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaVietnamese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation11 m10 m
Main airportCancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAkumalHanoi
City population2,1548,717,600
People per km²-2,595
Museums within 10 km014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.