Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Athens 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 Athens for
- nightlife
- culture and sights
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Athens’s own page.
Choose Rovinj for
Rovinj does not lead in any category we score.
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Rovinj.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nightlife and culture and sights with your weighting.
Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Athens in July
Rovinj in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Athens | Rovinj |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Greek | Croatian |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | 112 | 112 |
| Elevation | 74 m | 0 m |
| Main airport | Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinations | Pula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 15 days | 14 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Athens | Rovinj |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 643,452 | 12,968 |
| People per km² | 16,499 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 88 | 1 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 2 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 5 months | 4 months |
Where else could you go?
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