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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Como or Zadar?

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 Como for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. Como 36, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Como and Zadar are level on 45.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Zadar 38: Zadar leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como and Zadar are level on 82.
Day trips. Como 87, Zadar 70: Como leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Zadar 58: Como leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Zadar 27: Como leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Zadar 28: Como leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Zadar 35: Como leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Como
49match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoZadar
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation201 m5 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoZadar
City population83,18470,779
People per km²2,242-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km82
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.