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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Florence?

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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Florence for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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. Dubrovnik 74, Florence 14: Dubrovnik leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Florence 74: Florence leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Florence 94: Florence leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Florence 42: Florence leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Florence 58: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Florence 98: Florence leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Florence 45: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Florence 78: Florence leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Florence 72: Florence leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Florence 35: Florence leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Florence 58: Florence leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Florence 42: Florence leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Florence.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 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

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.

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikFlorence
Official languageCroatianItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikFlorence
City population41,562360,930
People per km²-3,528
Museums within 10 km7141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.