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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
La Paz

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hanoi or La Paz?

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

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose La Paz for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Paz’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, La Paz 3: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, La Paz 50: Hanoi leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, La Paz 52: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, La Paz 38: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, La Paz 82: La Paz leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, La Paz 40: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, La Paz 10: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, La Paz 45: La Paz leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, La Paz 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, La Paz 92: Hanoi leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, La Paz 35: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, La Paz 12: Hanoi leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and La Paz.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and wellness with your weighting.

La Paz
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HanoiLa Paz

Where the figures come from

Hanoi's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Phu Lien.

La Paz 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). La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHanoiLa Paz
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, Guarani
CurrencyDong (VND)Boliviano (BOB)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAC50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m3,640 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiLa Paz
City population8,717,600755,732
People per km²2,5951,601
Museums within 10 km1421
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.