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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Austin or Zadar?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Zadar 45: Austin leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Zadar 38: Austin leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Austin and Zadar are level on 55.
Getting around. Austin 30, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Zadar 27: Austin leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Zadar 28: Austin leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Zadar 35: Austin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Zadar.

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.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinZadar
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 m5 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinZadar
City population961,85570,779
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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.