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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Acapulco or Da Nang?

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 Acapulco for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Da Nang’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. Acapulco and Da Nang are level on 80.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Da Nang 44: Acapulco leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Da Nang 40: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Da Nang 20: Acapulco leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Da Nang.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Da Nang in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoDa Nang
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaVietnamese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation18 m19 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoDa Nang
City population658,6092,819,900
People per km²350238
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.