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Cusco or Hanoi?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
Hanoi

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped

Your match

Cusco
49
match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Hanoi
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on food and drink and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoHanoi
Beaches & swimming. Hanoi leads by 3 points.3
Food & drink. Hanoi leads by 29 points.29
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 9 points.9
Nightlife. Hanoi leads by 8 points.8
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 34 points.34
Day trips. Cusco leads by 20 points.20
Good for families. Hanoi leads by 25 points.25
Getting around. Cusco leads by 12 points.12
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 2 points.2
Affordability. Hanoi leads by 25 points.25
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi leads by 10 points.10
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi leads by 13 points.13
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Hanoi.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoHanoi
Daytime high20 °C34 °C
Night-time low1 °C27 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm311 mm
SunshineNo figure6 hours a day
Daylight11 hours a day13 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Hanoi
19
22
24
28
32
35
34
33
32
30
27
23
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Hanoi
23
23
52
72
204
272
311
310
179
109
73
30
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Hanoi
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Cusco
No sunshine record
Hanoi
2
2
2
2
6
6
6
5
6
5
4
4

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoHanoi
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaVietnamese
CurrencySol (PEN)Dong (VND)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number111 or 911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation3,399 m10 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoHanoi
City population428,4508,717,600
People per km²-2,595
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.