Overall score
Read Hanoi as a heritage-rich, fast-growing capital where affordability and dynamism balance air-quality and climate pressures.
Overall68/100
Affordability82/100
Air quality54/100
Energy64/100
Vietnam / Southeast Asia
Hanoi City Intelligence
Hanoi anchors northern Vietnam with deep cultural heritage, growing services activity, and a compact urban core in a humid sub-tropical climate. Hanoi is a southeast asia city of about 8.2M metro in Vietnam. On the composite city-intelligence score, Hanoi sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (68/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-10
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 8.2M metro
Overall city intelligence
Mixed68/100
Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.
Cultural depth
Very high
Heritage and culinary traditions shape urban identity.
Air-quality priority
Active
Seasonal particulate exposure is a central public-health focus.
Hanoi data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 68/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 82/100 | Hanoi is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts. |
| Air Quality | 54/100 | Hanoi carries elevated air-quality pressure, with seasonal particulates and traffic the main concerns. |
| Energy | 64/100 | Hanoi benefits from active grid expansion and Vietnam's growing renewable build-out. |
| Safety | 78/100 | Hanoi scores well on safety, with steady public-safety perception and stable institutional response. |
| Internet Speed | 72/100 | Hanoi offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work. |
| Climate Risk | 58/100 | Hanoi carries elevated climate risk centered on monsoon flooding and rising summer heat. |
| Resilience | 62/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Emergency and public safety in Hanoi
Local public safety guidance for Hanoi, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Hanoi, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Vietnam emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Hanoi
Healthcare context for Hanoi, with national-level information from Vietnam where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Hanoi, see the Vietnam healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Hanoi
Local mobility context for Hanoi, with national-level context from Vietnam where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Hanoi, see the Vietnam transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
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Cost of Living in Hanoi
Hanoi is comparatively affordable for housing and services across most districts.
Air Quality in Hanoi
Hanoi carries elevated air-quality pressure, with seasonal particulates and traffic the main concerns.
Energy in Hanoi
Hanoi benefits from active grid expansion and Vietnam's growing renewable build-out.
Safety in Hanoi
Hanoi scores well on safety, with steady public-safety perception and stable institutional response.
Internet Speed in Hanoi
Hanoi offers reliable fiber and mobile networks supporting digital services and remote work.
Climate Risk in Hanoi
Hanoi carries elevated climate risk centered on monsoon flooding and rising summer heat.
City rankings
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Interpretation
Read Hanoi as a heritage-rich, fast-growing capital where affordability and dynamism balance air-quality and climate pressures. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (82/100) and safety (78/100). The area most worth watching is air quality (54/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-10. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Vietnam country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Hanoi appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.