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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik or Washington DC?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Dubrovnik leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Washington DC 64: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik and Washington DC are level on 28.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Washington DC 26: Dubrovnik leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Washington DC.

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.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikWashington DC
City population41,562689,545
People per km²-3,896
Museums within 10 km798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.