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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

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

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Nairobi 4, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Rovinj 25: Nairobi leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Rovinj 60: Nairobi leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Rovinj 52: Nairobi leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Rovinj 28: Nairobi leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Rovinj 36: Nairobi leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Rovinj 15: Nairobi leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

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

Rovinj
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches 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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

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. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiRovinj
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
Elevation1,661 m0 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiRovinj
City population5,545,00012,968
People per km²7,967-
Museums within 10 km41
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.