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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Huntington Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Huntington Beach 46: Hanoi leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Huntington Beach 14: Hanoi leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Huntington Beach 38: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Huntington Beach 58: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Huntington Beach 20: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Huntington Beach 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Huntington Beach 28: Hanoi leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Huntington Beach 33: Hanoi leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Huntington Beach 36: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiHuntington Beach
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiHuntington Beach
City population8,717,600198,711
People per km²2,5952,406
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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.