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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Montego Bay?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Montego Bay 50: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Montego Bay 28: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Montego Bay 42: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Montego Bay 65: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Montego Bay 50: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Montego Bay 48: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Montego Bay 20: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Montego Bay 25: Da Nang leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Montego Bay 38: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Montego Bay 32: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Montego Bay 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 Montego Bay.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Da NangMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangMontego Bay
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyDong (VND)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation19 m19 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangMontego Bay
City population2,819,900123,994
People per km²238-
Museums within 10 km20
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.