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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Santiago?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Santiago for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Dubrovnik leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Santiago 52: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Santiago 83: Santiago leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Santiago 37: Santiago leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Santiago.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santiago
Best match
55match

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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSantiago
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation10 m575 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSantiago
City population41,5626,257,516
People per km²-7,468
Museums within 10 km754
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.