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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Dubrovnik or Wellington?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Dubrovnik leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Wellington 44: Dubrovnik leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Wellington 40: Dubrovnik leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Wellington 30: Dubrovnik leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Wellington.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikWellington
Official languageCroatianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation10 m0 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikWellington
City population41,562216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km712
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.