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Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Clearwater or Zagreb?

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 Clearwater for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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. Clearwater 90, Zagreb 10: Clearwater leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Clearwater 38, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Clearwater 18, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Clearwater 34, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Clearwater 55, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Clearwater 58, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Clearwater 78, Zagreb 52: Clearwater leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Clearwater 28, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Clearwater 27, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Clearwater 35, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Clearwater 36, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Clearwater 40, Zagreb 33: Clearwater leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Clearwater and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Clearwater
45match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around 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.

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Clearwater 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.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureClearwaterZagreb
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation9 m127 m
Main airportSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureClearwaterZagreb
City population117,292767,131
People per km²1,154-
Museums within 10 km427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.