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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Granada by Jebulon, CC0.

Da Nang or Granada?

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
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Granada for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Granada’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, Granada 38: Da Nang leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Granada 62: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Granada 80: Granada leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Granada 58: Granada leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Granada 80: Granada leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Granada 76: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Granada 52: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Granada 68: Granada leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang and Granada are level on 40.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Granada 63: Da Nang leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Granada 58: Granada leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Granada 48: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Granada.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Da Nang
58match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Granada
60match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangGranada
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m693 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangGranada
City population2,819,900233,975
People per km²2382,659
Museums within 10 km220
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.