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The red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji, Fukuoka
FukuokaThe red five-storey pagoda of Tocho-ji
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Fukuoka by Nick-D, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Fukuoka 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 Fukuoka for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Fukuoka 50, Hanoi 6: Fukuoka leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Fukuoka 82, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Fukuoka 50, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Fukuoka 60, Hanoi 50: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fukuoka 62, Hanoi 52: Fukuoka leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Fukuoka 84, Hanoi 58: Fukuoka leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Fukuoka 78, Hanoi 35: Fukuoka leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Fukuoka 82, Hanoi 36: Fukuoka leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Fukuoka 65, Hanoi 50: Fukuoka leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Fukuoka 58, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fukuoka 45, Hanoi 40: Fukuoka leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fukuoka 60, Hanoi 46: Fukuoka leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fukuoka and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Fukuoka
Best match
65match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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.

Fukuoka in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
301 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Fukuoka: 1991-2020 normals, Fukuoka (1.9 km from centre). Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFukuokaHanoi
Official languageJapaneseVietnamese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation8 m10 m
Main airportFukuoka Airport (FUK)5 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureFukuokaHanoi
City population1,603,0438,717,600
People per km²4,7152,595
Museums within 10 km2314
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). 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.