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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik or Tromso?

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
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Dubrovnik leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Tromso 36: Dubrovnik leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Tromso 27: Dubrovnik leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Tromso 14: Dubrovnik leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Tromso 45: Dubrovnik leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik and Tromso are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Tromso 15: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Tromso 11: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Tromso.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikTromso
Official languageCroatianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation10 m20 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikTromso
City population41,56279,943
People per km²-32
Museums within 10 km78
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.