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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • 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. Chiang Mai 6, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Dubrovnik 47: Chiang Mai leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Dubrovnik 37: Chiang Mai leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Dubrovnik 70: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai 48, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Dubrovnik 50: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Dubrovnik 25: Chiang Mai leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Dubrovnik 28: Chiang Mai leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Dubrovnik 25: Chiang Mai leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Dubrovnik 32: Chiang Mai leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiDubrovnik
Official languageThaiCroatian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation310 m10 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiDubrovnik
City population1,198,00041,562
People per km²2,958-
Museums within 10 km67
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.