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The Flame Towers from the seafront, Baku
BakuThe Flame Towers from the seafront
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Baku by Zulfugar Karimov, Pexels License; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Baku 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 Baku for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Baku 40, Hanoi 6: Baku leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Baku 60, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Baku 62, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Baku 42, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baku 30, Hanoi 52: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Baku 45, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Baku 45, Hanoi 35: Baku leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Baku 58, Hanoi 36: Baku leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Baku 48, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Baku 64, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baku 52, Hanoi 40: Baku leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baku 30, Hanoi 46: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baku and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Baku
48match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Baku in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Baku: 1991-2020 normals, Mashtaga (23.2 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBakuHanoi
Official languageAzerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign LanguageVietnamese
CurrencyAzerbaijan Manat (AZN)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+7
Emergency number102 or 112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation-28 m10 m
Main airportHeydar Aliyev International Airport (GYD)22 km from centre79 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureBakuHanoi
City population2,300,5008,717,600
People per km²1,0752,595
Museums within 10 km5014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

Where else could you go?

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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. 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.