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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • 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. Cartagena 70, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Da Nang 38: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Da Nang 44: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Da Nang 38: Cartagena leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Da Nang 40: Cartagena leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Da Nang 20: Cartagena leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 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: Cartagena and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Cartagena
53match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 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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CartagenaDa Nang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaDa Nang
Official languageSpanishVietnamese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number123Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation2 m19 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaDa Nang
City population914,5522,819,900
People per km²1,599238
Museums within 10 km22
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.