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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Izmir?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Izmir 55: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Izmir 66: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Izmir.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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.

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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikIzmir
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 m2 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikIzmir
City population41,5624,493,242
People per km²-4,760
Museums within 10 km729
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.