Da Nang — $1,378/month
A typical digital nomad month in Da Nang costs about $1,378 — from $676 if you live frugally (long-term lease, local food) up to $1,736 for a comfortable Airbnb-and-restaurants lifestyle. The single biggest cost is accommodation (a mid-range monthly Airbnb) at $480 a month, 35% of the typical total.
Vietnam · Tier: budget · Updated: · Methodology
Sources & method: prices are a hand-reviewed baseline compiled from public cost-of-living aggregates (Numbeo city averages), published coworking and gym rate cards, official visa fee schedules, and long-stay rental listings. Figures are medians for a mid-range, city-centre-adjacent lifestyle, not quotes — rent and food swing by neighbourhood and season. Numbers change only when the dataset is reviewed; nothing here is auto-generated drift.
Typical month
$1,378/mo
Per day
$46/day
Airbnb · mixed food · part-time coworking · gym · basic insurance · $300 buffer. Change any of it below.
Da Nang: monthly costs, item by item
| Item | Budget | Comfortable |
|---|---|---|
| Accommodation | $324long-term lease | $480monthly Airbnb |
| Food | $228local food | $535Western food |
| Coworking | $0none | $93full-time desk |
| Transport | $26monthly pass | $26monthly pass |
| Mobile data | $8local SIM | $8local SIM |
| Gym | $0none | $75premium gym |
| Visa | $25tourist visa | $0nomad visa ÷ 12 |
| Σ | $611 | $1,217 |
Tourist visa shown as a one-off fee; nomad visa fee spread over 12 months. Health insurance and a lifestyle buffer are not included here — add them in the calculator above. Figures from our city dataset, checked 2026-05-04.
Where & how long
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Buffer
Drinks, dating, weekend trips, streaming subs — things you'll pretend you didn't buy.
Monthly burn
$1,378
/ month
Per-day burn
$46
/ day
Cost per 100g protein
$0.56
Supermarket chicken breast — your gym-bro budget proxy.
Coffee-to-stay ratio
282 ☕
How many specialty coffees your monthly accommodation equals. The bigger the number, the dumber the city.
Breakdown
Where & how long
Daily life
Work
Health & fitness
Logistics
Buffer
If anyone says 'work-life balance' you're legally allowed to slap them.
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Nomad Score
75/ 100
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A — Great
Weighted for long-term nomads · cost 30% · productivity 25% · sustainability 20% · lifestyle 15% · tax 10%
City guide
Da Nang is Vietnam's beach-city compromise: ocean on one side, river through the middle, and a quietly growing nomad scene that's a third of HCMC's intensity. Cleaner air, slower pace, surprisingly good infrastructure.
Who it's for
Nomads who want SE Asia prices but with daily beach access, swimmers and surfers, and anyone burned out by Bangkok or Saigon density.
Who should skip it
People who need a real big-city culture scene. Nightlife, theater, and serious creative-industry community are thin compared to Bangkok or Bali.
Neighborhoods
- An Thượng (Mỹ An) — Beach-adjacent expat zone — cafés, coworking, walking distance to surf. Default nomad pick.
- Hai Chau (downtown) — Riverside, more local, cheaper. Better for longer stays once you have a scooter.
- Son Tra peninsula — Quieter, mountainous, monkeys on the road. Beautiful but you must drive.
- Hoi An (45 min south) — Not Da Nang technically, but many nomads commute or split-base. Lantern-lit old town, smaller scale.
Visa
Same as HCMC — 90-day e-visa, multi-entry. Da Nang's smaller airport keeps visa runs to Bangkok or Phnom Penh easy.
Internet
Fiber is reliable in An Thượng (100–300 Mbps). Some older guesthouses have shared connections — ask for a Speedtest screenshot.
Best time to visit
March–August. October–December is typhoon and rain season; surf is bigger but living is wet.
Underrated
The night markets and bún chả cá soup spots are properly cheap (~$2 a meal) without the Bali or Canggu nomad-tax. Food cost can be the lowest of any beach nomad city.
Watch out
The 'beach city' framing hides that it's a real city of 1.2M with grid traffic. Pick housing near both your café strip and the beach — many nomads end up scootering 20 min to either.
How much does a month in Da Nang cost a digital nomad?
A typical nomad month in Da Nang runs $676–$1,736 depending on accommodation style (Airbnb vs long-term lease), food choices, coworking use, and visa. The default preset on this page comes to $1,378/month.
Does Da Nang have a digital nomad visa?
No formal nomad visa, or one with restrictive conditions. Most nomads stay on tourist or business visas.
How much is rent in Da Nang for a month?
A mid-range monthly Airbnb is about $480; a local long-term 1BR lease is about $324 — roughly 32% cheaper. For 1–2 months use Airbnb's monthly discount; from 3 months a lease usually wins.
How much does food cost per month in Da Nang?
About $228/month eating mostly local, or $535/month eating mostly at Western-style restaurants. The default on this page mixes 60% local and 40% restaurant meals.
How much is coworking in Da Nang?
Mid-tier hot-desk runs about $93/month. Full-time dedicated desk is typically 1.5-2× that.
How much are transport and a SIM card in Da Nang?
A monthly transit pass is about $26, and a local 10–30 GB mobile data plan about $8 a month.
How much do you need per day in Da Nang?
About $46 a day on the default lifestyle. That is $5,132 a month less than the same lifestyle in New York.
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