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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Quito?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Quito for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Quito 54: Hanoi leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Quito 77: Quito leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Quito 40: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Quito 86: Quito leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Quito 55: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Quito 32: Hanoi leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Quito 45: Quito leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Quito 40: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Quito 78: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Quito 38: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Quito 44: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hanoi
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Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiQuito
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m2,850 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiQuito
City population8,717,6001,763,275
People per km²2,5954,735
Museums within 10 km1416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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.