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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi, Kochi
KochiThe Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica in Fort Kochi

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Kochi by Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Kochi?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Kochi for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Kochi’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, Kochi 38: Kochi leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Kochi 66: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Kochi 62: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Kochi 18: Hanoi leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Kochi 55: Kochi leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Kochi 52: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Kochi 40: Kochi leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Kochi 44: Kochi leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Kochi 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Kochi 88: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi and Kochi are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Kochi 70: Kochi leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Kochi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hanoi
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Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Kochi
52match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Kochi in July

27 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
439 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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.

Kochi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Kochi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHanoiKochi
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 m0 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsCochin International Airport (COK)24 km from centre36 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiKochi
City population8,717,600677,381
People per km²2,5957,138
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Hanoi or Kochi somewhere new.

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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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.