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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Dubrovnik leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Salzburg 45: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik and Salzburg are level on 72.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Salzburg 25: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Salzburg 32: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSalzburg
Official languageCroatianGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m424 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSalzburg
City population41,562155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km738
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.