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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Brisbane 55, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Dubrovnik 47: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Dubrovnik 37: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Dubrovnik 70: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Dubrovnik 50: Brisbane leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Dubrovnik 60: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Dubrovnik 25: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Dubrovnik 28: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Dubrovnik 25: Brisbane leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Dubrovnik 32: Brisbane leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneDubrovnik
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneDubrovnik
City population2,706,96641,562
People per km²171-
Museums within 10 km167
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months5 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.