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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Rocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay, Huatulco
HuatulcoRocks and beach in Tangolunda Bay

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Huatulco by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Huatulco?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Huatulco for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Huatulco’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, Huatulco 86: Huatulco leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Huatulco 44: Hanoi leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Huatulco 15: Hanoi leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Huatulco 24: Hanoi leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Huatulco 76: Huatulco leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Huatulco 40: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Huatulco 56: Huatulco leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Huatulco 33: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Huatulco 20: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Huatulco 62: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Huatulco 9: Hanoi leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Huatulco 52: Huatulco leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Huatulco.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Huatulco
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Huatulco in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
156 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °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.

Huatulco's temperatures are measured 42 km from the centre, at Puerto Angel, Oax..

Huatulco's station stands 177 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Huatulco has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Huatulco: 1991-2020 normals, Puerto Angel, Oax. (42.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiHuatulco
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDong (VND)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m220 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBahías de Huatulco International Airport (HUX)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiHuatulco
City population8,717,6007,409
People per km²2,595-
Museums within 10 km140
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.