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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Gold Coast?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Gold Coast 47: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Gold Coast 15: Da Nang leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Gold Coast 55: Gold Coast leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Gold Coast 52: Da Nang leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Gold Coast 45: Gold Coast leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang and Gold Coast are level on 40.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Gold Coast 35: Da Nang leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Gold Coast 30: Gold Coast leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Gold Coast 42: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Gold Coast.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangGold Coast
Official languageVietnameseEnglish
CurrencyDong (VND)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114000
Elevation19 m12 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangGold Coast
City population2,819,900607,665
People per km²238433
Museums within 10 km22
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.