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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • 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. Mombasa 82, Rovinj 70: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Rovinj 50: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Rovinj 38: Mombasa leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Rovinj 25: Mombasa leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Rovinj 60: Mombasa leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Rovinj 28: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Rovinj 36: Mombasa leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Rovinj 15: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around 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.

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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

Mombasa 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.

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. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaRovinj
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliCroatian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m0 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaRovinj
City population1,208,33312,968
People per km²4,100-
Museums within 10 km01
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.