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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Inverness Castle above the River Ness, Inverness
InvernessInverness Castle above the River Ness

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Inverness by Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Inverness?

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 Inverness for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Inverness’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, Inverness 20: Dubrovnik leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Inverness 36: Dubrovnik leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Inverness 27: Dubrovnik leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Inverness 28: Dubrovnik leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Inverness 84: Inverness leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Inverness 56: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Inverness 55: Inverness leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Inverness 48: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Inverness 30: Inverness leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Inverness 38: Inverness leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Inverness 33: Inverness leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Inverness 30: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Inverness.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Inverness
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Inverness in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
69 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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.

Inverness 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.

Inverness's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Kinloss.

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). Inverness: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Inverness / Dalcross (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikInverness
Official languageCroatianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m7 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsInverness Airport (INV)12 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikInverness
City population41,56247,380
People per km²-2,289
Museums within 10 km73
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.