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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Da Nang or San Francisco?

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 San Francisco for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Da Nang leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, San Francisco 72: Da Nang leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, San Francisco 14: Da Nang leads by 76 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, San Francisco 42: Da Nang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and San Francisco.

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.

San Francisco
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSan Francisco
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m16 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSan Francisco
City population2,819,900873,965
People per km²2381,455
Museums within 10 km251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.