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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • prices
  • day trips

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. Atlanta and Zagreb are level on 10.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Zagreb 55: Atlanta leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Zagreb 47: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Zagreb 52: Atlanta leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Zagreb 40: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Zagreb 52: Atlanta leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta and Zagreb are level on 33.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Atlanta
49match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
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

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaZagreb
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation225 m127 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaZagreb
City population498,715767,131
People per km²1,433-
Museums within 10 km2727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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