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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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. Florianopolis 85, Hanoi 6: Florianopolis leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Hanoi 50: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Hanoi 52: Florianopolis leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Hanoi 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Hanoi 46: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Florianopolis
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Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hanoi
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.

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisHanoi
Official languagePortugueseVietnamese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Dong (VND)
SocketsCN60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation3 m10 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisHanoi
City population587,4868,717,600
People per km²8702,595
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months-

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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). 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.