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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide or Zagreb?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Adelaide’s own page.

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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. Adelaide 68, Zagreb 10: Adelaide leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Zagreb 55: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Zagreb 62: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Adelaide and Zagreb are level on 60.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Zagreb 52: Adelaide leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Zagreb 40: Adelaide leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Zagreb 52: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Zagreb 33: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideZagreb
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m127 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideZagreb
City population1,387,290767,131
People per km²1,071-
Museums within 10 km1327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.