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Lion's Head above Clifton Beach, Cape Town
Cape TownLion's Head above Clifton Beach
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cape Town by Stephan Louis, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cape Town 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 Cape Town for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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. Cape Town 58, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Cape Town 72, Da Nang 67: Cape Town leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Cape Town 60, Da Nang 38: Cape Town leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cape Town 60, Da Nang 44: Cape Town leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cape Town 98, Da Nang 72: Cape Town leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cape Town 68, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Cape Town 58, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cape Town 35, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cape Town 50, Da Nang 40: Cape Town leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cape Town 72, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cape Town 52, Da Nang 20: Cape Town leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cape Town 45, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cape Town and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Cape Town
Best match
61match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Da Nang
58match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cape Town in July

18 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
89 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 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. Cape Town: 1991-2020 normals, Cape Town Airport (17.5 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCape TownDa Nang
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageVietnamese
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation5 m19 m
Main airportCape Town International Airport (CPT)18 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCape TownDa Nang
City population3,776,3132,819,900
People per km²1,538238
Museums within 10 km222
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.