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The Golden Bridge held up by stone hands, Da Nang
Da NangThe Golden Bridge held up by stone hands
The Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge, Wilmington
WilmingtonThe Riverwalk and the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

Photos: Da Nang by Nghia Tran, Pexels License; Wilmington by Unexpected Snacks, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Da Nang or Wilmington?

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 Wilmington for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Wilmington’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, Wilmington 73: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Da Nang 67, Wilmington 48: Da Nang leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Da Nang 38, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Da Nang 44, Wilmington 40: Da Nang leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Da Nang 72, Wilmington 58: Da Nang leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Da Nang 80, Wilmington 45: Da Nang leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Da Nang and Wilmington are level on 62.
Getting around. Da Nang 38, Wilmington 28: Da Nang leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Da Nang 40, Wilmington 33: Da Nang leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Da Nang 90, Wilmington 42: Da Nang leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Da Nang 20, Wilmington 40: Wilmington leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Da Nang 64, Wilmington 33: Da Nang leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Da Nang and Wilmington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wilmington
45match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Wilmington in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 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). Wilmington: 1991-2020 normals, Wilmington / The Palms Mobile Home Park (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDa NangWilmington
Official languageVietnamese-
CurrencyDong (VND)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsACFG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 113, ambulance 115, fire 114911
Elevation19 m9 m
Main airportDa Nang International Airport (DAD)3 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsWilmington International Airport (ILM)5 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDa NangWilmington
City population2,819,900115,451
People per km²238839
Museums within 10 km22
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.