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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Da Nang or La Spezia?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, La Spezia 58: Da Nang leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, La Spezia 40: La Spezia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, La Spezia 28: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, La Spezia 79: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, La Spezia 48: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, La Spezia 35: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, La Spezia 50: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, La Spezia 32: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangLa Spezia
Official languageVietnameseItalian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m3 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangLa Spezia
City population2,819,90092,119
People per km²2381,792
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.