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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Los Angeles?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Dubrovnik leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Los Angeles 66: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Los Angeles 60: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Los Angeles 25: Dubrovnik leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Los Angeles 24: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikLos Angeles
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m106 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikLos Angeles
City population41,5623,898,747
People per km²-2,994
Museums within 10 km739
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.