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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Dubrovnik or Miami?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Miami for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Miami 72: Miami leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Miami 57: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Miami 82: Miami leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Miami 64: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Miami 42: Dubrovnik leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Miami 64: Miami leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Miami 35: Dubrovnik leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Miami 71: Miami leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Miami 27: Dubrovnik leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Miami 55: Miami leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Miami 44: Miami leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Miami.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMiami
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMiami
City population41,562442,241
People per km²-3,046
Museums within 10 km717
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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. 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.