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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Hiroshima?

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 Hanoi for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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. Hanoi 6, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Hiroshima 66: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Hiroshima 60: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Hiroshima 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Hiroshima 58: Hanoi leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Hiroshima 38: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Hanoi
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiHiroshima
Official languageVietnameseJapanese
CurrencyDong (VND)Yen (JPY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, fire 119
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiHiroshima
City population8,717,6001,198,021
People per km²2,5951,324
Museums within 10 km1418
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.