VacationSelector
The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Da Nang or Valletta?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Valletta 55: Da Nang leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Valletta 56: Da Nang leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Valletta 76: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Valletta 58: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Valletta 38: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Valletta 50: Da Nang leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Valletta 32: Da Nang leads by 32 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Valletta.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0200400600800JFMAMJJASOND
Da NangValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Da Nang: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (4.9 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangValletta
Official languageVietnameseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyDong (VND)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114112
Elevation19 m56 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangValletta
City population2,819,9005,197
People per km²2386,496
Museums within 10 km216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Da Nang or Valletta somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.