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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

London or Zadar?

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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. London 25, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Zadar 45: London leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Zadar 55: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Zadar 38: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 25 points.
Day trips. London 90, Zadar 70: London leads by 20 points.
Good for families. London 82, Zadar 55: London leads by 27 points.
Getting around. London 85, Zadar 58: London leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Zadar 27: London leads by 68 points.
Affordability. London 15, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Zadar 28: London leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Zadar 35: London leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Zadar.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonZadar
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
Elevation4 m5 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonZadar
City population8,799,72870,779
People per km²5,598-
Museums within 10 km2161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.