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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Manaus?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Manaus 56: Hanoi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Manaus 46: Hanoi leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Manaus 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Manaus 12: Hanoi leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hanoi and Manaus are level on 35.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Manaus 27: Hanoi leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Manaus 36: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Manaus 63: Hanoi leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Manaus 20: Hanoi leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Manaus.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiManaus
Official languageVietnamesePortuguese
CurrencyDong (VND)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m92 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiManaus
City population8,717,6002,303,732
People per km²2,595202
Museums within 10 km1413
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.