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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Marmaris?

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

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Marmaris 40: Hanoi leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Marmaris 18: Hanoi leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Marmaris 60: Marmaris leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Marmaris 38: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Marmaris 62: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Marmaris 12: Hanoi leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hanoi
52match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Marmaris
51match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiMarmaris
Official languageVietnameseTurkish
CurrencyDong (VND)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation10 m7 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiMarmaris
City population8,717,60097,818
People per km²2,595111
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.