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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • prices
  • beaches

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. Monaco 68, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Rovinj 50: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Rovinj 38: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Rovinj 25: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Rovinj 60: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Rovinj 68: Monaco leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Rovinj 52: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Rovinj 55: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Rovinj 28: Monaco leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Rovinj 15: Monaco leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Rovinj 42: Monaco leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoRovinj
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoRovinj
City population38,85712,968
People per km²18,503-
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.