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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Mexico City?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Da Nang leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Mexico City 50: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Mexico City 75: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Mexico City 58: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Mexico City 75: Da Nang leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Da Nang
58match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangMexico City
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyDong (VND)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m2,240 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangMexico City
City population2,819,9009,209,944
People per km²2386,202
Museums within 10 km2108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
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. 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.