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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Izmir?

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
  • families

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

Choose Izmir for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Izmir 66: Da Nang leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Izmir 55: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Izmir 66: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Izmir 57: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Izmir.

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.

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangIzmir
Official languageVietnameseTurkish
CurrencyDong (VND)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m2 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangIzmir
City population2,819,9004,493,242
People per km²2384,760
Museums within 10 km229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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.