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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Colosseum, Rome
RomeThe Colosseum

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Rome?

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 Rome for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Rome 82: Rome leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Rome 99: Rome leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Rome 58: Rome leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Rome 58: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Rome 92: Rome leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Rome 50: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Rome 60: Rome leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Rome 72: Rome leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Rome 38: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Rome 68: Rome leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Rome 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 Rome.

Your match

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

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangRome
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 m21 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangRome
City population2,819,9002,748,109
People per km²2382,135
Museums within 10 km2178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km27
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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.