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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Tromso?

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 Tromso for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Da Nang leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Tromso 36: Da Nang leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Tromso 27: Da Nang leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Tromso 38: Da Nang leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Tromso 14: Da Nang leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Tromso 45: Da Nang leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Tromso 15: Da Nang leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Tromso 11: Da Nang leads by 79 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Tromso 38: Da Nang leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Tromso.

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.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangTromso
Official languageVietnameseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyDong (VND)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation19 m20 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangTromso
City population2,819,90079,943
People per km²23832
Museums within 10 km28
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.