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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Izmir or Rovinj?

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 Izmir for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovinj’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. Izmir 62, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Rovinj 50: Izmir leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Rovinj 38: Izmir leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Rovinj 25: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Rovinj 60: Izmir leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Rovinj 68: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Rovinj 52: Izmir leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Rovinj 55: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Rovinj 28: Izmir leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Rovinj 36: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Rovinj 15: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Rovinj 42: Izmir leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Rovinj in July

29 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
44 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

Rovinj's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Trieste.

Rovinj 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirRovinj
Official languageTurkishCroatian
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m0 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirRovinj
City population4,493,24212,968
People per km²4,760-
Museums within 10 km291
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). 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. 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.