Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Dubrovnik or Gold Coast?
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 Gold Coast for
- families
- beaches
- nightlife
What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Gold Coast.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.
Wins on families and beaches 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
Gold Coast in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
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.
Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.
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). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Dubrovnik | Gold Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Croatian | English |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Australian Dollar (AUD) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | I230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+10 |
| Emergency number | 112 | 000 |
| Elevation | 10 m | 12 m |
| Main airport | Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations | Gold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Dubrovnik | Gold Coast |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 41,562 | 607,665 |
| People per km² | - | 433 |
| Museums within 10 km | 7 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 3 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 5 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Dubrovnik or Gold Coast somewhere new.