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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Maastricht?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Dubrovnik leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Maastricht 58: Maastricht leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Maastricht 60: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Maastricht 58: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Maastricht 55: Maastricht leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Maastricht 40: Maastricht leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Maastricht.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMaastricht
Official languageCroatianDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m49 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMaastricht
City population41,562120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km721
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
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.