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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • food and drink

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. Dresden 10, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Dubrovnik 47: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Dubrovnik 72: Dresden leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Dubrovnik 37: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Dubrovnik 70: Dresden leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Dubrovnik 66: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Dubrovnik 50: Dresden leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Dubrovnik 60: Dresden leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Dubrovnik 25: Dresden leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Dubrovnik 28: Dresden leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Dubrovnik 25: Dresden leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Dubrovnik 32: Dresden leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenDubrovnik
Official languageGermanCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m10 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenDubrovnik
City population562,76441,562
People per km²1,713-
Museums within 10 km707
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). 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.