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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Hong Kong?

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 Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’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, Hong Kong 50: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Hong Kong 68: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Hong Kong 27: Da Nang leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangHong Kong
Official languageVietnameseStandard Chinese
CurrencyDong (VND)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114999
Elevation19 m7 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangHong Kong
City population2,819,9007,413,070
People per km²238-
Museums within 10 km239
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.