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The blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud, Fes
FesThe blue gate of Bab Bou Jeloud
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Fes by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fes 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 Fes for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • prices

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. Fes 5, Hanoi 6: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Fes 62, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Fes 80, Hanoi 72: Fes leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Fes 12, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fes and Hanoi are level on 52.
Day trips. Fes 62, Hanoi 58: Fes leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Fes 22, Hanoi 35: Hanoi leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Fes 40, Hanoi 36: Fes leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Fes 68, Hanoi 50: Fes leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Fes 80, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fes 32, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fes 70, Hanoi 46: Fes leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fes and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Fes
49match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Fes in July

36 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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

Fes's station stands 171 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Fes has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Fes's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Meknes.

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fes: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Fes-Sais (12.4 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFesHanoi
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightVietnamese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Dong (VND)
SocketsCE50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation408 m10 m
Main airportFes Saïss International Airport (FEZ)13 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFesHanoi
City population1,167,8428,717,600
People per km²3,6502,595
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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.