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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Shanghai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Dubrovnik leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik and Shanghai are level on 72.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Shanghai 25: Dubrovnik leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikShanghai
Official languageCroatianPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation10 m4 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikShanghai
City population41,56224,870,895
People per km²-3,922
Museums within 10 km745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.