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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Dubrovnik or Hobart?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Hobart 56: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Hobart 30: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Hobart 60: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Hobart 45: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Hobart.

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 beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikHobart
Official languageCroatianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation10 m54 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikHobart
City population41,562197,451
People per km²-116
Museums within 10 km78
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.