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Hanoi or The Hague?

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 skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The Hague

Photo: Bráulio jardim, Pexels License

Your match

Hanoi
52
match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

The Hague
✓ Best match
56
match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

HanoiThe Hague
Beaches & swimming. The Hague leads by 32 points.32
Food & drink. Hanoi leads by 37 points.37
Culture & sights. Hanoi leads by 6 points.6
Nightlife. Hanoi leads by 12 points.12
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi and The Hague are level on 52.
Day trips. The Hague leads by 28 points.28
Good for families. The Hague leads by 37 points.37
Getting around. The Hague leads by 42 points.42
Shopping & style. The Hague leads by 5 points.5
Affordability. Hanoi leads by 63 points.63
Live music & performing arts. The Hague leads by 18 points.18
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi leads by 1 points.1
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and The Hague.

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
JulyHanoiThe Hague
Daytime high34 °C21 °C
Night-time low27 °C14 °C
Rainfall in the month311 mm85 mm
Sunshine6 hours a day7 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea18 °C
Daylight13 hours a day16 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
The Hague
6
7
9
13
16
19
21
21
18
14
10
7
Sea temperature, °C
Hanoi
No coastline within reach
The Hague
6
5
6
9
12
15
18
19
18
15
11
8
Rainfall, mm
Hanoi
23
23
52
72
204
272
311
310
179
109
73
30
The Hague
71
63
58
42
59
71
85
84
78
81
80
84
Daylight, hours per day
Hanoi
11
11
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
11
11
The Hague
8
10
12
14
16
17
16
15
13
11
9
8
Sunshine, hours per day
Hanoi
2
2
2
2
6
6
6
5
6
5
4
4
The Hague
2
3
5
6
7
7
7
6
5
4
2
2

Where the figures come from

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

The Hague's rainfall is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

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Getting there

Flying fromHanoiThe Hague
ParisCDG, ORY, BVA
11 h 25 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
1 h 10 m
€178-300
AMS · 40 km
DubaiDXB, DWC
6 h 45 m
no fares
HAN · 22 km
6 h 45 m
€318-346
1 stop
AMS · 40 km
ShanghaiPVG, SHA
2 h 55 m
€194-215
HAN · 22 km
11 h 10 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
BeijingPEK, PKX
3 h 25 m
€198-215
HAN · 22 km
9 h 55 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
SeoulICN, GMP
3 h 50 m
€224-243
HAN · 22 km
10 h 45 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
Hong KongHKG
1 h 40 m
€117-131
HAN · 22 km
11 h 35 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
BangkokBKK, DMK
1 h 50 m
€134-146
HAN · 22 km
11 h 30 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
GuangzhouCAN
1 h 35 m
€164
HAN · 22 km
11 h 25 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
Kuala LumpurKUL, SZB
3 h 10 m
€192-238
HAN · 22 km
12 h 45 m
no fares
AMS · 40 km
New DelhiDEL
4 h 10 m
€357-423
1 stop
HAN · 22 km
8 h 10 m
no fares
AMS · 40 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. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.

Before you go

MeasureHanoiThe Hague
Official languageVietnameseDutch
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 or 911
Elevation10 m1 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiThe Hague
City population8,717,600548,320
People per km²2,5955,589
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.