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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Victoria?

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 Victoria for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Victoria 50: Hanoi leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Victoria 42: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Victoria 30: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Victoria 54: Hanoi leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Victoria 40: Hanoi leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Victoria 34: Hanoi leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Victoria.

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.

Victoria
47match

Wins on families 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiVictoria
Official languageVietnameseFrench, English
CurrencyDong (VND)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation10 m23 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiVictoria
City population8,717,60091,867
People per km²2,5954,711
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.