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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Galle 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 Galle for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hanoi for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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. Galle 80, Hanoi 6: Galle leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Hanoi 85: Hanoi leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Hanoi 72: Hanoi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Hanoi 52: Galle leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Hanoi 58: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Hanoi 35: Galle leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Hanoi 36: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Hanoi 50: Hanoi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Hanoi 98: Hanoi leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Hanoi 40: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Hanoi 46: Galle leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Hanoi.

Your match

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

Galle
48match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 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

Galle has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleHanoi
Official languageTamil, SinhalaVietnamese
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Dong (VND)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureGalleHanoi
City population93,1188,717,600
People per km²-2,595
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.