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The coastline of the Hotel Zone, Cancun
CancunThe coastline of the Hotel Zone
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cancun by Tellez Erik, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cancun 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 Cancun for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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. Cancun 98, Da Nang 80: Cancun leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Cancun 44, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cancun 15, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Cancun 70, Da Nang 44: Cancun leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cancun 66, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cancun 65, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Cancun 78, Da Nang 62: Cancun leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Cancun 25, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cancun and Da Nang are level on 40.
Affordability. Cancun 46, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cancun 17, Da Nang 20: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cancun 55, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cancun and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Cancun
52match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cancun in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Where the figures come from

Cancun 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. Cancun: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCancunDa Nang
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaVietnamese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation5 m19 m
Main airportCancún International Airport (CUN)14 km from centre137 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCancunDa Nang
City population888,7972,819,900
People per km²-238
Museums within 10 km12
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). 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.