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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Porto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Porto for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Dubrovnik leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Porto 70: Porto leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Porto 68: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Porto 65: Porto leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Porto 64: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Porto 79: Porto leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Porto 52: Porto leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Porto 66: Porto leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Porto 52: Porto leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Porto 62: Porto leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Porto 52: Porto leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Porto 34: Porto leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Porto.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on prices 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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 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). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikPorto
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m104 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikPorto
City population41,562273,476
People per km²-6,606
Museums within 10 km742
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.