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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Austin 30, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Da Nang 38: Austin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Da Nang 44: Austin leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Da Nang 40: Austin leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Da Nang 20: Austin leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinDa Nang
Official language-Vietnamese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation149 m19 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAustinDa Nang
City population961,8552,819,900
People per km²1,217238
Museums within 10 km212
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). 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.