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Hanoi or Rovaniemi?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
Hanoi

Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped

Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
Rovaniemi

Photo: Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Hanoi
✓ Best match
52
match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32
match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

HanoiRovaniemi
Beaches & swimming. Rovaniemi leads by 4 points.4
Food & drink. Hanoi leads by 60 points.60
Culture & sights. Hanoi leads by 50 points.50
Nightlife. Hanoi leads by 35 points.35
Nature & outdoors. Rovaniemi leads by 26 points.26
Day trips. Hanoi leads by 50 points.50
Good for families. Rovaniemi leads by 37 points.37
Getting around. Hanoi and Rovaniemi are level on 36.
Shopping & style. Hanoi leads by 32 points.32
Affordability. Hanoi leads by 80 points.80
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi leads by 18 points.18
Wellness & relaxation. Rovaniemi leads by 14 points.14
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Rovaniemi.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyHanoiRovaniemi
Daytime high34 °C21 °C
Night-time low27 °C12 °C
Rainfall in the month311 mm75 mm
Sunshine6 hours a dayNo figure
Daylight13 hours a day22 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Daytime high, °C
Hanoi
19
22
24
28
32
35
34
33
32
30
27
23
Rovaniemi
-8
-6
-1
5
13
18
21
18
13
4
0
-4
Rainfall, mm
Hanoi
23
23
52
72
204
272
311
310
179
109
73
30
Rovaniemi
37
32
33
30
37
69
75
63
50
50
48
41
Daylight, hours per day
Hanoi
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Rovaniemi
4
8
12
15
20
24
22
17
13
10
6
3
Sunshine, hours per day
Hanoi
2
2
2
2
6
6
6
5
6
5
4
4
Rovaniemi
No sunshine record

Where the figures come from

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

Rovaniemi's rainfall is measured 48 km from the centre, at Ylitornio Meltosjarvi / Meltosjärvi.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromHanoiRovaniemi
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
11 h 30 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 15 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 25 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 25 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
AmsterdamAMS
11 h 5 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 0 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
MilanMXP, BGY, LIN
11 h 5 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 40 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
Tel Aviv YafoTLV
8 h 55 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
5 h 15 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
10 h 55 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 5 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
MunichMUC
10 h 45 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
3 h 15 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km
IstanbulIST, SAW
9 h 25 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
4 h 0 m
no fares
RVN · 8 km

The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it.

Before you go

MeasureHanoiRovaniemi
Official languageVietnameseFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation10 m88 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiRovaniemi
City population8,717,60065,329
People per km²2,5959
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.