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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Hanoi or Wellington?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Wellington 62: Hanoi leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Wellington 44: Hanoi leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Wellington 45: Hanoi leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Wellington 40: Hanoi leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Wellington 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Wellington 33: Hanoi leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Wellington 30: Hanoi leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Wellington.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on getting around and beaches 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiWellington
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyDong (VND)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiWellington
City population8,717,600216,200
People per km²2,595487
Museums within 10 km1412
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.