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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Philadelphia?

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
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Da Nang leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Philadelphia 62: Da Nang leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Philadelphia 52: Da Nang leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Da Nang and Philadelphia are level on 80.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Philadelphia 40: Da Nang leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Philadelphia 26: Da Nang leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Philadelphia
57match

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangPhiladelphia
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m12 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangPhiladelphia
City population2,819,9001,603,797
People per km²2384,339
Museums within 10 km254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.