# xarray.DataArray.equals

`DataArray.``equals`(other)

  True if two DataArrays have the same dimensions, coordinates and values; otherwise False.

  DataArrays can still be equal (like pandas objects) if they have NaN values in the same locations.

  This method is necessary because v1 == v2 for `DataArray` does element-wise comparisons (like numpy.ndarrays).

  See also

  `DataArray.broadcast_equals`, `DataArray.identical`