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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hanoi leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Hanoi leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Hanoi leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Hanoi leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Hanoi leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HanoiOcean City, Maryland

Where the figures come from

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

Ocean City, Maryland 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). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiOcean City, Maryland
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiOcean City, Maryland
City population8,717,6006,844
People per km²2,59573
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.