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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Nairobi?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Da Nang leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Nairobi 48: Da Nang leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Nairobi 35: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Nairobi 28: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Nairobi 55: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Nairobi 20: Da Nang leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Nairobi 60: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Nairobi 25: Da Nang leads by 39 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangNairobi
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyDong (VND)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation19 m1,661 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangNairobi
City population2,819,9005,545,000
People per km²2387,967
Museums within 10 km24
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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). 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.