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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Alta, Utah 3, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Da Nang 72: Alta, Utah leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Da Nang 40: Da Nang leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 75 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Da Nang 20: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahDa Nang
Official language-Vietnamese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation2,610 m19 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahDa Nang
City population2282,819,900
People per km²19238
Museums within 10 km02
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.