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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Oaxaca?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Dubrovnik leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Oaxaca 62: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Oaxaca 65: Dubrovnik leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Oaxaca 40: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Oaxaca 55: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 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). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikOaxaca
Official languageCroatianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m1,555 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikOaxaca
City population41,562258,913
People per km²-3,028
Museums within 10 km710
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
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.