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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Seoul?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Seoul for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Da Nang leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Seoul 77: Da Nang leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Seoul 50: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Seoul.

Your match

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

Da Nang
58match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSeoul
Official languageVietnameseKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyDong (VND)Won (KRW)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation19 m38 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-18 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSeoul
City population2,819,9009,668,465
People per km²23815,973
Museums within 10 km281
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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.