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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Manchester?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Dubrovnik leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Manchester 51: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Manchester 50: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Manchester 64: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Manchester 42: Manchester leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Manchester 15: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Manchester.

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.

Manchester
Best match
54match

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °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.

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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikManchester
City population41,562547,627
People per km²-4,737
Museums within 10 km728
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.