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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Da Nang or San Sebastian?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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 Sebastian 68: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, San Sebastian 52: San Sebastian leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang and San Sebastian are level on 44.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang and San Sebastian are level on 72.
Day trips. Da Nang and San Sebastian are level on 80.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang and San Sebastian are level on 40.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, San Sebastian 32: Da Nang leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, San Sebastian 50: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

San Sebastian
60match

Wins on getting around 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSan Sebastian
Official languageVietnameseSpanish
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSan Sebastian
City population2,819,900189,866
People per km²2383,118
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.