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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Dubrovnik leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 60 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Seoul.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSeoul
Official languageCroatianKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Won (KRW)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation10 m38 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSeoul
City population41,5629,668,465
People per km²-15,973
Museums within 10 km781
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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. 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.