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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake, Guilin
GuilinThe Sun and Moon pagodas on Shan Lake

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Guilin by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Guilin?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Guilin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Guilin’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, Guilin 8: Da Nang leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Guilin 45: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Guilin 40: Guilin leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Guilin 30: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Guilin 88: Guilin leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Guilin 56: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Guilin 45: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Guilin 45: Guilin leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Guilin 28: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Guilin 78: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Guilin 30: Guilin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Guilin 40: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Guilin.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Guilin
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Guilin in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
248 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Guilin: 1991-2020 normals, Guilin (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangGuilin
Official languageVietnamesePutonghua
CurrencyDong (VND)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation19 m153 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsGuilin Liangjiang International Airport (KWL)25 km from centre43 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-6 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangGuilin
City population2,819,9004,931,137
People per km²238-
Museums within 10 km21
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.