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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Jakarta?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Jakarta 30: Da Nang leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Jakarta 45: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Jakarta 50: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Jakarta 36: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Jakarta 80: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Jakarta 46: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Jakarta.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 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). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangJakarta
Official languageVietnameseIndonesian
CurrencyDong (VND)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m91 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangJakarta
City population2,819,90011,135,191
People per km²23816,821
Museums within 10 km244
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.