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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Tel Aviv?

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
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Tel Aviv 80: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Tel Aviv 57: Hanoi leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi and Tel Aviv are level on 52.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Tel Aviv 64: Tel Aviv leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Tel Aviv 55: Tel Aviv leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Tel Aviv 14: Hanoi leads by 84 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Tel Aviv 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 Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Hanoi
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiTel Aviv
Official languageVietnameseHebrew
CurrencyDong (VND)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 100, fire 102
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiTel Aviv
City population8,717,600467,875
People per km²2,5958,998
Museums within 10 km1498
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.