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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
GlasgowKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Glasgow by Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Glasgow or Zagreb?

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 Glasgow for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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. Glasgow 14, Zagreb 10: Glasgow leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Glasgow 52, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Glasgow 62, Zagreb 56: Glasgow leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Glasgow 66, Zagreb 47: Glasgow leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Glasgow 75, Zagreb 62: Glasgow leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Glasgow 76, Zagreb 60: Glasgow leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Glasgow 58, Zagreb 52: Glasgow leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Glasgow 66, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Glasgow 64, Zagreb 40: Glasgow leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Glasgow 46, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Glasgow 72, Zagreb 52: Glasgow leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Glasgow 28, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Glasgow and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Glasgow
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Glasgow in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Glasgow 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.

Glasgow's sunshine is measured 90 km from the centre, at Eskdalemuir.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Glasgow: 1991-2020 normals, Glasgow Airport (11.5 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGlasgowZagreb
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation21 m127 m
Main airportGlasgow Airport (GLA)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGlasgowZagreb
City population626,410767,131
People per km²190-
Museums within 10 km2927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.