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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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. Mombasa 82, Zagreb 10: Mombasa leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Zagreb 55: Mombasa leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Zagreb 62: Mombasa leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Zagreb 60: Mombasa leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa 40, Zagreb 33: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Mombasa
50match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts 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

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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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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaZagreb
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 m127 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaZagreb
City population1,208,333767,131
People per km²4,100-
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.