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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Marseille?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Marseille for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Marseille 63: Dubrovnik leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Marseille 83: Marseille leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik and Marseille are level on 50.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Marseille 57: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Marseille 45: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Marseille.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMarseille
Official languageCroatianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMarseille
City population41,562886,040
People per km²-3,683
Museums within 10 km727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.