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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Gdansk?

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

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

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

Choose Gdansk for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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, Gdansk 40: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Gdansk 50: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Gdansk 58: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Gdansk 62: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Da Nang and Gdansk are level on 62.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Gdansk 42: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Gdansk 68: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Gdansk 52: Gdansk leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Gdansk 36: Da Nang leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangGdansk
Official languageVietnamesePolish
CurrencyDong (VND)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m11 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangGdansk
City population2,819,900487,834
People per km²238714
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.