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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Berlin 38, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Dubrovnik 47: Berlin leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Dubrovnik 72: Berlin leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Dubrovnik 37: Berlin leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Dubrovnik 70: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Berlin and Dubrovnik are level on 66.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Dubrovnik 50: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Dubrovnik 60: Berlin leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Dubrovnik 25: Berlin leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Dubrovnik 28: Berlin leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Dubrovnik 25: Berlin leads by 65 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Dubrovnik 32: Berlin leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinDubrovnik
Official languageGermanCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation34 m10 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinDubrovnik
City population3,700,57741,562
People per km²4,153-
Museums within 10 km1577
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.