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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Sapporo?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Dubrovnik leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Sapporo 40: Dubrovnik leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Sapporo 64: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Sapporo.

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.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSapporo
Official languageCroatianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation10 m5 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSapporo
City population41,5621,959,313
People per km²-1,747
Museums within 10 km733
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months1 month

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.