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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Honolulu?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Honolulu 70: Hanoi leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Honolulu 55: Hanoi leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Honolulu 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Honolulu 38: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Honolulu 52: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Honolulu 15: Hanoi leads by 83 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi and Honolulu are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Hanoi
52match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiHonolulu
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiHonolulu
City population8,717,600350,964
People per km²2,5951,981
Museums within 10 km1412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.