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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Salvador?

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
  • food and drink
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Salvador 66: Hanoi leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi and Salvador are level on 52.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Salvador 56: Hanoi leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Salvador 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Salvador 70: Hanoi leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Salvador 32: Hanoi leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Salvador.

Your match

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

Hanoi
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiSalvador
Official languageVietnamesePortuguese
CurrencyDong (VND)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m8 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiSalvador
City population8,717,6002,417,678
People per km²2,5953,489
Museums within 10 km1449
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Hanoi or Salvador somewhere new.

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.