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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Kathmandu?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Da Nang leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Kathmandu 55: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Kathmandu 36: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Kathmandu 70: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Kathmandu 56: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Kathmandu 20: Da Nang leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Kathmandu 25: Da Nang leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Kathmandu 28: Kathmandu leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Kathmandu 45: Da Nang leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Kathmandu.

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 families with your weighting.

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangKathmandu
Official languageVietnameseNepali
CurrencyDong (VND)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+5:45
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation19 m1,300 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangKathmandu
City population2,819,900845,767
People per km²23817,121
Museums within 10 km29
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. 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.