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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Dubrovnik leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Samarkand 14: Dubrovnik leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Samarkand 40: Dubrovnik leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Samarkand 30: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Samarkand 58: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Samarkand 24: Dubrovnik leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik and Samarkand are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

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

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSamarkand
Official languageCroatianUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m702 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSamarkand
City population41,562546,303
People per km²-5,058
Museums within 10 km711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.