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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Orange Beach?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Orange Beach 40: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Orange Beach 7: Dubrovnik leads by 65 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Orange Beach 30: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Orange Beach 60: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Orange Beach 50: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Orange Beach 15: Dubrovnik leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik and Orange Beach are level on 25.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Orange Beach 38: Orange Beach leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Orange Beach 32: Orange Beach leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik and Orange Beach are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 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). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikOrange Beach
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 m4 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikOrange Beach
City population41,5628,095
People per km²-196
Museums within 10 km70
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.