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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Montevideo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Dubrovnik leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Montevideo 54: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Montevideo 34: Dubrovnik leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Montevideo 55: Dubrovnik leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Montevideo 54: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Montevideo 36: Montevideo leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Montevideo
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikMontevideo
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m41 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikMontevideo
City population41,5621,302,954
People per km²-1,785
Museums within 10 km736
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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.