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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Seattle?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Da Nang leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Seattle 66: Da Nang leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Seattle 55: Da Nang leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Seattle 22: Da Nang leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Seattle 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 Seattle.

Your match

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

Da Nang
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Da NangSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSeattle
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 m40 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSeattle
City population2,819,900737,015
People per km²2381,996
Museums within 10 km227
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.