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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Mombasa?

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 Mombasa for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Mombasa 55: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Mombasa 74: Mombasa leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Mombasa 45: Dubrovnik leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Mombasa 45: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Mombasa 30: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Mombasa 22: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Mombasa
50match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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.

Mombasa 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.

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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMombasa
Official languageCroatianEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMombasa
City population41,5621,208,333
People per km²-4,100
Museums within 10 km70
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.