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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

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

Da Nang or Halifax?

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 Halifax for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Da Nang leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Halifax 50: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Halifax 42: Halifax leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Halifax 62: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Halifax 63: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Halifax 55: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Halifax 48: Halifax leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Halifax 35: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Halifax 38: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Halifax 46: Halifax leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Halifax 28: Da Nang leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Halifax.

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.

Halifax
45match

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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Da NangHalifax

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangHalifax
Official languageVietnameseFrench, English
CurrencyDong (VND)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m28 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangHalifax
City population2,819,900440,072
People per km²23880
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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.