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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Dubai?

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 Da Nang for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Dubai for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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. Da Nang and Dubai are level on 80.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Dubai 76: Dubai leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Dubai 40: Dubai leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Dubai 62: Dubai leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Dubai 25: Da Nang leads by 47 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Dubai 45: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Dubai 42: Dubai leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Dubai 32: Da Nang leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Dubai 40: Dubai leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Dubai 46: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Dubai.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Dubai
54match

Wins on shopping 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.

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

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 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. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangDubai
Official languageVietnameseArabic
CurrencyDong (VND)UAE Dirham (AED)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m0 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangDubai
City population2,819,9003,944,751
People per km²238-
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.