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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Nashville?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Dubrovnik leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Nashville 50: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Nashville 46: Dubrovnik leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Nashville 52: Dubrovnik leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Nashville 55: Nashville leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Nashville 30: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 57 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Nashville 20: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Nashville.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikNashville
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m182 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikNashville
City population41,562689,447
People per km²-506
Museums within 10 km712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.