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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Montego Bay?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Montego Bay 50: Hanoi leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Montego Bay 28: Hanoi leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Montego Bay 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Montego Bay 50: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Montego Bay 20: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Montego Bay 25: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Montego Bay 38: Hanoi leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Montego Bay 32: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Montego Bay 45: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiMontego Bay
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyDong (VND)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation10 m19 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiMontego Bay
City population8,717,600123,994
People per km²2,595-
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.