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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Santo Domingo?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’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, Santo Domingo 58: Dubrovnik leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Santo Domingo 58: Santo Domingo leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Santo Domingo 64: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Santo Domingo 36: Dubrovnik leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Santo Domingo 44: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Santo Domingo 40: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Santo Domingo 40: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Santo Domingo 44: Santo Domingo leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Santo Domingo 66: Santo Domingo leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Santo Domingo 46: Santo Domingo leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Santo Domingo 22: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Santo Domingo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Santo Domingo
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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.

Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSanto Domingo
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m14 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSanto Domingo
City population41,5622,201,941
People per km²-1,691
Museums within 10 km710
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. 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.