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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Dubrovnik or Florianopolis?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Florianopolis 33: Dubrovnik leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Florianopolis 50: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Florianopolis 28: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Florianopolis 33: Florianopolis leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Florianopolis 28: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikFlorianopolis
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikFlorianopolis
City population41,562587,486
People per km²-870
Museums within 10 km711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.