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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Victoria Falls?

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 Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 Falls 7: Victoria Falls leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Victoria Falls 24: Hanoi leads by 61 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Victoria Falls 12: Hanoi leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Victoria Falls 8: Hanoi leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Victoria Falls 22: Hanoi leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Victoria Falls 38: Victoria Falls leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Victoria Falls 18: Hanoi leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Victoria Falls 32: Hanoi leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Victoria Falls 10: Hanoi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Victoria Falls 34: Hanoi leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Victoria Falls.

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 Falls
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around 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
13 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HanoiVictoria Falls

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). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiVictoria Falls
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyDong (VND)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114999
Elevation10 m961 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiVictoria Falls
City population8,717,60033,060
People per km²2,595-
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.