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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
St. Petersburg, Florida

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

Dubrovnik or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Dubrovnik leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Dubrovnik leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Dubrovnik leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m134 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population41,562258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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.