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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Luang Prabang?

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
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Dubrovnik leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Luang Prabang 42: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Luang Prabang 65: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Luang Prabang 8: Dubrovnik leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Luang Prabang 68: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Luang Prabang 35: Dubrovnik leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Luang Prabang 38: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Luang Prabang 50: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Luang Prabang 38: Luang Prabang leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Luang Prabang 18: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Luang Prabang.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikLuang Prabang
Official languageCroatianLao
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation10 m305 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikLuang Prabang
City population41,56253,792
Museums within 10 km70
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.