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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • prices

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. Los Angeles 60, Zagreb 10: Los Angeles leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Zagreb 55: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Zagreb 56: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Zagreb 47: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Zagreb 62: Los Angeles leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles and Zagreb are level on 60.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Zagreb 52: Los Angeles leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Zagreb 40: Los Angeles leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Zagreb 52: Los Angeles leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Zagreb 33: Los Angeles leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around 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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Los AngelesZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesZagreb
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation106 m127 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesZagreb
City population3,898,747767,131
People per km²2,994-
Museums within 10 km3927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.