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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Hot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise, Goreme
GoremeHot-air balloons over Cappadocia at sunrise

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Goreme by Guerrero De la Luz, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Goreme?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Goreme for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Goreme’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, Goreme 3: Dubrovnik leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Goreme 20: Dubrovnik leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Goreme 45: Dubrovnik leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Goreme 5: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Goreme 74: Goreme leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Goreme 70: Goreme leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Goreme 40: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Goreme 40: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Goreme 22: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Goreme 58: Goreme leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Goreme 10: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Goreme 42: Goreme leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Goreme.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Goreme
36match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Goreme in July

30 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
13 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.

Goreme's station stands 160 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

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). Goreme: 1991-2020 normals, Nevsehir (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikGoreme
Official languageCroatianTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m1,100 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsKayseri Erkilet International Airport (ASR)60 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikGoreme
City population41,5622,000
People per km²-20
Museums within 10 km75
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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.