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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Pisa?

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 Pisa for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Pisa 55: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Pisa 40: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Pisa 62: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Pisa 52: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Pisa 76: Pisa leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Pisa 38: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Pisa 55: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Pisa 38: Pisa leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Pisa 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 Pisa.

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.

Pisa
57match

Wins on getting around 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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangPisa
Official languageVietnameseItalian
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m4 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangPisa
City population2,819,90088,737
People per km²238479
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.