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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. AlUla 3, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Rovinj 38: AlUla leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Rovinj 25: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Rovinj 60: AlUla leads by 12 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 48 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 17 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Rovinj 15: AlUla leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Rovinj 42: AlUla leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Rovinj.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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

AlUla 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.

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. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaRovinj
Official languageArabicCroatian
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911112
Elevation692 m0 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaRovinj
City population32,41312,968
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.