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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Salvador?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Salvador for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Salvador 52: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Salvador 56: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Salvador 42: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Salvador 42: Dubrovnik leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik and Salvador are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Salvador.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSalvador
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m8 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSalvador
City population41,5622,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km749
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.