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Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Colombo 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 Colombo for

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

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

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. Colombo 55, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Colombo 66, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Colombo 45, Da Nang 38: Colombo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Colombo 35, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Colombo 32, Da Nang 72: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Colombo 50, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Colombo 35, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Colombo 35, Da Nang 38: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Colombo 45, Da Nang 40: Colombo leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Colombo 78, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Colombo 30, Da Nang 20: Colombo leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Colombo 48, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Colombo and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Colombo
46match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureColomboDa Nang
Official languageTamil, SinhalaVietnamese
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Dong (VND)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation1 m19 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureColomboDa Nang
City population647,5572,819,900
People per km²17,361238
Museums within 10 km102
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). 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). 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.