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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Da Nang or San Juan?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose San Juan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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 Juan 84: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, San Juan 66: Da Nang leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, San Juan 64: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, San Juan 70: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, San Juan 52: Da Nang leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, San Juan 58: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Da Nang and San Juan are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, San Juan 50: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, San Juan 38: Da Nang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, San Juan 55: San Juan leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, San Juan 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 San Juan.

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 day trips with your weighting.

San Juan
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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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 Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSan Juan
Official languageVietnameseSpanish, English
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m3 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-21 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSan Juan
City population2,819,900342,259
People per km²2382,847
Museums within 10 km218
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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.