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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

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

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • 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. Montpellier 64, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Rovinj 50: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Rovinj 38: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Rovinj 25: Montpellier leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Rovinj 60: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Rovinj 68: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Rovinj 52: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Rovinj 55: Montpellier leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Rovinj 28: Montpellier leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Rovinj 36: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Rovinj 15: Montpellier leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier and Rovinj are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierRovinj
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m0 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierRovinj
City population310,24012,968
People per km²5,452-
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. 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.