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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The boardwalk at Delaware Avenue, Rehoboth Beach
Rehoboth BeachThe boardwalk at Delaware Avenue

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Rehoboth Beach by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Rehoboth 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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Rehoboth Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Rehoboth 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, Rehoboth Beach 70: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Rehoboth Beach 44: Dubrovnik leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Rehoboth Beach 14: Dubrovnik leads by 58 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Rehoboth Beach 40: Rehoboth Beach leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Rehoboth Beach 50: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Rehoboth Beach 50: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Rehoboth Beach 70: Rehoboth Beach leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Rehoboth Beach 50: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Rehoboth Beach 45: Rehoboth Beach leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Rehoboth Beach 32: Rehoboth Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Rehoboth Beach 28: Rehoboth Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik and Rehoboth 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 Rehoboth 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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Rehoboth Beach
44match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Rehoboth Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
23 °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.

Rehoboth Beach 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). Rehoboth Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Georgetown / Rogers Development (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikRehoboth Beach
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)56 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikRehoboth Beach
City population41,5621,108
People per km²-258
Museums within 10 km72
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.