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Hanoi or Macau?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
Hanoi

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped

The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
Macau

Photo: tian Jin, Pexels License

Your match

Hanoi
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Macau
46
match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

HanoiMacau
Beaches & swimming. Macau leads by 18 points.18
Food & drink. Hanoi leads by 8 points.8
Culture & sights. Hanoi leads by 10 points.10
Nightlife. Hanoi leads by 10 points.10
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi leads by 47 points.47
Day trips. Hanoi leads by 6 points.6
Good for families. Macau leads by 13 points.13
Getting around. Macau leads by 24 points.24
Shopping & style. Macau leads by 8 points.8
Affordability. Hanoi leads by 54 points.54
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi leads by 4 points.4
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi leads by 6 points.6
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Macau.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyHanoiMacau
Daytime high34 °C32 °C
Night-time low27 °C26 °C
Rainfall in the month311 mm281 mm
Sunshine6 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea29 °C
Daylight13 hours a day13 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Hanoi
19
22
24
28
32
35
34
33
32
30
27
23
Macau
19
19
22
25
29
31
32
32
31
29
25
20
Sea temperature, °C
Hanoi
No coastline within reach
Macau
19
19
20
23
26
28
29
29
28
27
24
21
Rainfall, mm
Hanoi
23
23
52
72
204
272
311
310
179
109
73
30
Macau
34
42
78
160
285
369
281
338
233
71
38
32
Daylight, hours per day
Hanoi
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Macau
11
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
12
11
11
Sunshine, hours per day
Hanoi
2
2
2
2
6
6
6
5
6
5
4
4
Macau
4
3
3
3
4
5
7
6
6
6
5
5

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). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromHanoiMacau
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
2 h 55 m
€194-215
HAN · 22 km
2 h 10 m
€159-193
MFM · 7 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
1 h 50 m
€134-146
HAN · 22 km
2 h 35 m
€180-240
MFM · 7 km
BeijingPEK, PKX
3 h 25 m
€198-215
HAN · 22 km
3 h 0 m
€181-203
1 stop
MFM · 7 km
SeoulICN, GMP
3 h 50 m
€224-243
HAN · 22 km
3 h 10 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
ManilaMNL
2 h 45 m
€266-310
1 stop
HAN · 22 km
2 h 0 m
€125-142
MFM · 7 km
Da NangDAD
1 h 25 m
€47-49
HAN · 22 km
1 h 40 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
Kuala LumpurKUL, SZB
3 h 10 m
€192-238
HAN · 22 km
3 h 35 m
€253-326
1 stop
MFM · 7 km
SingaporeSIN, XSP
3 h 15 m
€205-211
HAN · 22 km
3 h 40 m
no fares
MFM · 7 km
Abu DhabiAUH
6 h 50 m
€678-696
2 stops
HAN · 22 km
7 h 45 m
€690-962
2 stops
HKG · 41 km
VladivostokVVO
4 h 45 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
4 h 5 m
€367-653
2 stops
MFM · 7 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-10 to 2026-12, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureHanoiMacau
Official languageVietnamesePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyDong (VND)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114999
Elevation10 m22 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiMacau
City population8,717,600682,100
People per km²2,5955,916
Museums within 10 km1428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.