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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Dublin?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Dublin for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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 80, Dublin 27: Da Nang leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Dublin 50: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Dublin 70: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Dublin 72: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Dublin 57: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Dublin 20: Da Nang leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Dublin 25: Da Nang leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Dublin.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Dublin
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangDublin
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Irish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m20 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangDublin
City population2,819,900592,713
People per km²2385,154
Museums within 10 km240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.