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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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. Mendoza 6, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Rovinj 50: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Rovinj 25: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Rovinj 60: Mendoza leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Rovinj 28: Mendoza leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Rovinj 36: Mendoza leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Rovinj 15: Mendoza leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Rovinj 42: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Mendoza
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Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaRovinj
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m0 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaRovinj
City population127,16012,968
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km11
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.