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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik and Fort Lauderdale are level on 47.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Fort Lauderdale 28: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Fort Lauderdale 62: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Fort Lauderdale 58: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Fort Lauderdale 32: Dubrovnik leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Fort Lauderdale 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Fort Lauderdale 40: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Fort Lauderdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Fort Lauderdale
50match

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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikFort Lauderdale
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m11 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikFort Lauderdale
City population41,562182,760
People per km²-1,829
Museums within 10 km76
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.