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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Patrika Gate, Jaipur
JaipurPatrika Gate

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Jaipur by Chainwit., CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Jaipur?

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

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Jaipur for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Jaipur’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, Jaipur 3: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Jaipur 66: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Jaipur 80: Jaipur leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Jaipur 25: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Jaipur 38: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Jaipur 55: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Jaipur 25: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Jaipur 30: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Jaipur 74: Jaipur leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Jaipur 88: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Jaipur 35: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Jaipur 28: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Jaipur.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Jaipur
46match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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
13 hdaylight a day

Jaipur in July

36 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

Jaipur 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). Jaipur: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Jaipur / Sanganer (11.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiJaipur
Official languageVietnameseHindi, English
CurrencyDong (VND)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114108 or 112
Elevation10 m431 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsJaipur International Airport (JAI)10 km from centre27 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiJaipur
City population8,717,6003,073,350
People per km²2,595-
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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. 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.