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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Dubrovnik leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Seattle 50: Dubrovnik leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Seattle 55: Dubrovnik leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik and Seattle are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Seattle 22: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Seattle.

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.

Seattle
Best match
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSeattle
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m40 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSeattle
City population41,562737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km727
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.