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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Dubrovnik or Puerto Plata?

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 Puerto Plata for

  • prices
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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, Puerto Plata 80: Puerto Plata leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Puerto Plata 40: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Puerto Plata 35: Dubrovnik leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Puerto Plata 38: Puerto Plata leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Puerto Plata 68: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Puerto Plata 48: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Puerto Plata 57: Puerto Plata leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Puerto Plata 30: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Puerto Plata 30: Puerto Plata leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Puerto Plata 18: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Puerto Plata 35: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Puerto Plata.

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.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on prices and families 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

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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.

Puerto Plata 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.

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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikPuerto Plata
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m34 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikPuerto Plata
City population41,562-
Museums within 10 km71
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.