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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Tangier?

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 Tangier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Tangier 58: Hanoi leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Tangier 57: Hanoi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Tangier 30: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hanoi and Tangier are level on 35.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Tangier 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Tangier 76: Hanoi leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Tangier 28: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Tangier.

Your match

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

Hanoi
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiTangier
Official languageVietnameseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyDong (VND)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation10 m56 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiTangier
City population8,717,6001,275,428
People per km²2,5956,393
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 months

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.