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A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Christchurch 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 Christchurch for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Christchurch 38, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Christchurch 45, Dubrovnik 47: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Christchurch 38, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Christchurch 32, Dubrovnik 37: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Christchurch 84, Dubrovnik 70: Christchurch leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Christchurch 45, Dubrovnik 66: Dubrovnik leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Christchurch 66, Dubrovnik 50: Christchurch leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Christchurch 48, Dubrovnik 60: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Christchurch 32, Dubrovnik 25: Christchurch leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Christchurch 38, Dubrovnik 28: Christchurch leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Christchurch 38, Dubrovnik 25: Christchurch leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Christchurch 45, Dubrovnik 32: Christchurch leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Christchurch and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Christchurch
46match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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. Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChristchurchDubrovnik
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriCroatian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation20 m10 m
Main airportChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChristchurchDubrovnik
City population383,20041,562
People per km²1,298-
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.