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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Puerto Iguazu?

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 Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Puerto Iguazu 28: Hanoi leads by 57 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Puerto Iguazu 9: Hanoi leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Puerto Iguazu 14: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Puerto Iguazu 33: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Puerto Iguazu 17: Hanoi leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Puerto Iguazu 48: Hanoi leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Puerto Iguazu 7: Hanoi leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Puerto Iguazu 34: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Puerto Iguazu.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiPuerto Iguazu
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
CurrencyDong (VND)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114117 or 911
Elevation10 m162 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiPuerto Iguazu
City population8,717,60054,903
People per km²2,595-
Museums within 10 km140
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). 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.