Which is cheaper, Can Tho or Da Nang?

Da Nang is cheaper: about $598 per month versus $900 for one person.

Is Can Tho or Da Nang safer?

Can Tho scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Can Tho or Da Nang?

Can Tho: a measured median of 24.7 Mbps versus 23.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Can Tho vs Da Nang

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Da Nang edges it, 57 to 54, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Can Tho is stronger on nothing outright; Da Nang on getting there & around, cost of living. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Can Tho

out of 100

Mekong Delta capital of floating markets and canals, with few foreigners

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Da Nang

out of 100

Beach city with Vietnam's best value

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Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Cost of living	64	80 ✓
Safety	68	68
Healthcare	67	67
Internet	65 ✓	64
Visa ease	35	35
Getting there & around	24	41 ✓
Climate	25 ✓	17
Air quality	77	80 ✓
Quality of life	58	58

Cost

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$900	$598 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	no data	$517

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Homicides per 100k	1.9	1.9
Political stability (0–100)	67.7	67.7
UHC service coverage (0–100)	71	71
Life expectancy	73.8 yrs	73.8 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Download	24.7 Mbps ✓	23.1 Mbps
Upload	25.7 Mbps ✓	21.5 Mbps

Visa

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Nomad visa	none listed	none listed
Minimum income for the visa	no data	no data
Entry, US passport	e-visa required	e-visa required
Entry, EU passport	45 days	45 days
Entry, UK passport	45 days	45 days

Getting there and around

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Non-stop airport destinations	7	36 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	2	2
Transit (1–5, editorial)	1	1

Climate and air

Metric	Can Tho	Da Nang
Comfortable months per year	3 ✓	2
Annual mean PM2.5	15.5 µg/m³	13.9 µg/m³ ✓

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Can Tho or Da Nang?: Da Nang is cheaper: about $598 per month versus $900 for one person.
Is Can Tho or Da Nang safer?: Can Tho scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Can Tho or Da Nang?: Can Tho: a measured median of 24.7 Mbps versus 23.1 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

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Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population; UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); SatPM2.5 satellite-derived annual PM2.5 (V6.GL.02.04); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.