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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Valencia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Valencia for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Valencia 68: Dubrovnik leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Valencia 60: Dubrovnik leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Valencia.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikValencia
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m15 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikValencia
City population41,562840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.