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The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands

Photos: Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License.

Cusco 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 Cusco for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Da Nang for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Cusco 3, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Cusco 56, Da Nang 67: Da Nang leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cusco 81, Da Nang 38: Cusco leads by 43 points.
Nightlife. Cusco 42, Da Nang 44: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco 86, Da Nang 72: Cusco leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cusco 78, Da Nang 80: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cusco 10, Da Nang 62: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Getting around. Cusco 48, Da Nang 38: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cusco 52, Da Nang 40: Cusco leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Cusco 73, Da Nang 90: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cusco 30, Da Nang 20: Cusco leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cusco 33, Da Nang 64: Da Nang leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Da Nang.

Your match

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

Cusco
49match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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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Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCuscoDa Nang
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaVietnamese
CurrencySol (PEN)Dong (VND)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+7
Emergency number111 or 911Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation3,399 m19 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoDa Nang
City population428,4502,819,900
People per km²-238
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.