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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Rovinj 50: Bilbao leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Rovinj 38: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Rovinj 25: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Rovinj 60: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Rovinj 68: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Rovinj 52: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Rovinj 55: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Rovinj 28: Bilbao leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Rovinj 36: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Rovinj 15: Bilbao leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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

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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoRovinj
Official languageSpanishCroatian
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
Elevation19 m0 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoRovinj
City population351,12412,968
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.