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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Hanoi or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Saint-Tropez 48: Hanoi leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Saint-Tropez 35: Hanoi leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Saint-Tropez 57: Hanoi leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Saint-Tropez 42: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Saint-Tropez 32: Hanoi leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Saint-Tropez 8: Hanoi leads by 90 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Saint-Tropez 18: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Saint-Tropez 35: Hanoi leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HanoiSaint-Tropez

Where the figures come from

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

Saint-Tropez has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiSaint-Tropez
Official languageVietnameseFrench
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiSaint-Tropez
City population8,717,6003,582
People per km²2,595320
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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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. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.