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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Rovinj?

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 Alicante for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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. Alicante 82, Rovinj 70: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Rovinj 50: Alicante leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Rovinj 38: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Rovinj 25: Alicante leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Rovinj 60: Alicante leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Rovinj 68: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Rovinj 52: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Rovinj 55: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Rovinj 28: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Rovinj 36: Alicante leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Rovinj 15: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteRovinj
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteRovinj
City population366,22112,968
People per km²1,819-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.