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Hanoi or Santiago de Compostela?

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

The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela

Photo: Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Your match

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hanoi
52
match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
54
match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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.

HanoiSantiago de Compostela
Beaches & swimming. Santiago de Compostela leads by 26 points.26
Food & drink. Hanoi leads by 17 points.17
Culture & sights. Hanoi leads by 2 points.2
Nightlife. Hanoi leads by 5 points.5
Nature & outdoors. Santiago de Compostela leads by 10 points.10
Day trips. Santiago de Compostela leads by 14 points.14
Good for families. Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.7
Getting around. Santiago de Compostela leads by 34 points.34
Shopping & style. Hanoi leads by 15 points.15
Affordability. Hanoi leads by 34 points.34
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi and Santiago de Compostela are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi leads by 4 points.4
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Santiago de Compostela.

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
JulyHanoiSantiago de Compostela
Daytime high34 °C25 °C
Night-time low27 °C13 °C
Rainfall in the month311 mm41 mm
Sunshine6 hours a day8 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea17 °C
Daylight13 hours a day15 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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Daytime high, °C
Hanoi
19
22
24
28
32
35
34
33
32
30
27
23
Santiago de Compostela
11
13
15
17
20
23
25
25
23
19
14
12
Sea temperature, °C
Hanoi
No coastline within reach
Santiago de Compostela
14
13
13
14
15
16
17
17
17
16
15
14
Rainfall, mm
Hanoi
23
23
52
72
204
272
311
310
179
109
73
30
Santiago de Compostela
217
149
153
136
116
61
41
61
91
208
223
222
Daylight, hours per day
Hanoi
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
Santiago de Compostela
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Hanoi
2
2
2
2
6
6
6
5
6
5
4
4
Santiago de Compostela
3
4
5
6
7
7
8
8
6
4
3
3

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). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromHanoiSantiago de Compostela
LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2
11 h 30 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
2 h 0 m
no fares
SCQ · 10 km
MilanMXP, BGY, LIN
11 h 5 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
2 h 20 m
no fares
SCQ · 10 km
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 25 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
1 h 55 m
no fares
SCQ · 10 km
AmsterdamAMS
11 h 5 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
2 h 20 m
no fares
SCQ · 10 km
FrankfurtFRA, HHN
10 h 55 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
2 h 25 m
no fares
SCQ · 10 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

MeasureHanoiSantiago de Compostela
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation10 m260 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiSantiago de Compostela
City population8,717,600100,965
People per km²2,595459
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.