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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • 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. Cologne 14, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Da Nang 38: Cologne leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Da Nang 44: Cologne leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cologne and Da Nang are level on 80.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Da Nang 62: Cologne leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Da Nang 38: Cologne leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Da Nang 40: Cologne leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Da Nang 20: Cologne leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cologne
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Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Da Nang
58match

Wins on beaches 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.

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneDa Nang
Official languageGermanVietnamese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation59 m19 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCologneDa Nang
City population1,025,5232,819,900
People per km²2,532238
Museums within 10 km402
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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. 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.