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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Vancouver?

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 Vancouver for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Da Nang leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Vancouver 42: Da Nang leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Vancouver 45: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Da Nang 62, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Vancouver 27: Da Nang leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Vancouver 50: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Da Nang
58match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangVancouver
Official languageVietnameseFrench, English
CurrencyDong (VND)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m2 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangVancouver
City population2,819,900662,248
People per km²2385,759
Museums within 10 km226
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.