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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Manila?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Manila for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Da Nang leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Manila 64: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Manila 54: Manila leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Manila 64: Manila leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Manila 40: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Manila 42: Da Nang leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Manila 42: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Manila 26: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Manila 60: Manila leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Manila 77: Da Nang leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Manila 50: Manila leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Manila 40: Da Nang leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Manila.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangManila
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyDong (VND)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m9 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangManila
City population2,819,9001,902,590
People per km²23876,104
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.