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The SkyWheel by the beach, Myrtle Beach
Myrtle BeachThe SkyWheel by the beach
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Myrtle Beach 84, Rovinj 70: Myrtle Beach leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Myrtle Beach 38, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Myrtle Beach 20, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Myrtle Beach 42, Rovinj 25: Myrtle Beach leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Myrtle Beach 46, Rovinj 60: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Myrtle Beach 50, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Myrtle Beach 80, Rovinj 52: Myrtle Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Myrtle Beach 18, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Myrtle Beach 38, Rovinj 28: Myrtle Beach leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Myrtle Beach 52, Rovinj 36: Myrtle Beach leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Myrtle Beach 30, Rovinj 15: Myrtle Beach leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Myrtle Beach 28, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach 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

Myrtle Beach
44match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Myrtle Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
172 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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

Myrtle Beach 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. Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMyrtle BeachRovinj
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation8 m0 m
Main airportMyrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMyrtle BeachRovinj
City population35,68212,968
People per km²591-
Museums within 10 km21
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.