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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Bath 10, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Rovinj 38: Bath leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Rovinj 25: Bath leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Rovinj 60: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Rovinj 68: Bath leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Rovinj 55: Bath leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Rovinj 28: Bath leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Rovinj 15: Bath leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Rovinj 42: Bath leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathRovinj
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m0 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathRovinj
City population94,09212,968
People per km²3,245-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.