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The Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
HanoiThe Turtle Tower in Hoan Kiem Lake
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Hanoi by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hanoi or Whistler?

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 Whistler for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hanoi 85, Whistler 40: Hanoi leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Hanoi 72, Whistler 20: Hanoi leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Hanoi 50, Whistler 42: Hanoi leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hanoi 52, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Hanoi 58, Whistler 30: Hanoi leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Hanoi 35, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Hanoi 36, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hanoi 50, Whistler 30: Hanoi leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hanoi 98, Whistler 12: Hanoi leads by 86 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hanoi 40, Whistler 15: Hanoi leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hanoi 46, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hanoi and Whistler.

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.

Whistler
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
13 hdaylight a day

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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.

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hanoi: 1991-2020 normals, Ha Noi (4.4 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHanoiWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportNoi Bai International Airport (HAN)22 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHanoiWhistler
City population8,717,60013,982
People per km²2,59558
Museums within 10 km141
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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.