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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Opera House from the water, Sydney
SydneyThe Opera House from the water

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Sydney by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Da Nang or Sydney?

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 Sydney for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sydney’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, Sydney 95: Sydney leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Sydney 77: Sydney leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Sydney 60: Sydney leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Sydney 85: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Sydney 50: Da Nang leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Sydney 75: Sydney leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Sydney 68: Sydney leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Sydney 22: Da Nang leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Sydney 73: Sydney leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Sydney 55: Da Nang leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Sydney.

Your match

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

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Sydney
Best match
66match

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

Sydney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
10 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). Sydney: 1991-2020 normals, Sydney Airport (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangSydney
Official languageVietnameseEnglish
CurrencyDong (VND)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114000
Elevation19 m6 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)9 km from centre99 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangSydney
City population2,819,9005,450,496
People per km²238449
Museums within 10 km238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.