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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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. Chengdu 5, Hanoi 6: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Hanoi 85: Chengdu leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Hanoi 50: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Hanoi 52: Chengdu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Hanoi 58: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Hanoi 35: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Hanoi 36: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Hanoi 50: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Hanoi 40: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Hanoi 46: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Hanoi
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Hanoi in July

34 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
311 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
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. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduHanoi
Official languagePutonghuaVietnamese
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Dong (VND)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation500 m10 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days-

By the numbers

MeasureChengduHanoi
City population20,937,7578,717,600
People per km²1,4562,595
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.