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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Charleston 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 Charleston for

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

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Charleston 72, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Da Nang 67: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Da Nang 38: Charleston leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Charleston and Da Nang are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Da Nang 38: Charleston leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Da Nang 40: Charleston leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Da Nang 20: Charleston leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston 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: Charleston and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Charleston
53match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonDa Nang
Official language-Vietnamese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Dong (VND)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation6 m19 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonDa Nang
City population150,2272,819,900
People per km²532238
Museums within 10 km192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 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). 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.