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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bordeaux 50, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Rovinj 50: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Rovinj 38: Bordeaux leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Rovinj 25: Bordeaux leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Rovinj 60: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Rovinj 68: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Rovinj 52: Bordeaux leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Rovinj 55: Bordeaux leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Rovinj 28: Bordeaux leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Rovinj 36: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Rovinj 15: Bordeaux leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxRovinj
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m0 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxRovinj
City population267,99112,968
People per km²5,425-
Museums within 10 km181
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.