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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Siena?

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
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Dubrovnik leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Siena 62: Siena leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Siena 78: Siena leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Siena 27: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Siena 65: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Siena 94: Siena leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Siena 38: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik and Siena are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Siena 35: Siena leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Siena 42: Siena leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Siena 36: Siena leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Siena 55: Siena leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Siena.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSiena
Official languageCroatianItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m322 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSiena
City population41,56252,812
People per km²-446
Museums within 10 km730
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.