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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Austin or Dubrovnik?

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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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. Austin 30, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Dubrovnik 47: Austin leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Dubrovnik 37: Austin leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Dubrovnik 70: Dubrovnik leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Dubrovnik 50: Austin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Dubrovnik 25: Austin leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Dubrovnik 28: Austin leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Dubrovnik 25: Austin leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Dubrovnik 32: Austin leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinDubrovnik
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m10 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinDubrovnik
City population961,85541,562
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.