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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Hamburg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Hamburg 55: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Hamburg 52: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Hamburg 70: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Hamburg 38: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Hamburg 44: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Hamburg.

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.

Hamburg
60match

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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangHamburg
Official languageVietnameseGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangHamburg
City population2,819,9001,869,473
People per km²2382,476
Museums within 10 km277
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.