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The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

New Orleans 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 New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • getting around

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. New Orleans 14, Zagreb 10: New Orleans leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. New Orleans 84, Zagreb 55: New Orleans leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. New Orleans 67, Zagreb 56: New Orleans leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. New Orleans 85, Zagreb 47: New Orleans leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. New Orleans 42, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Day trips. New Orleans 52, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
Good for families. New Orleans 55, Zagreb 52: New Orleans leads by 3 points.
Getting around. New Orleans 55, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. New Orleans 54, Zagreb 40: New Orleans leads by 14 points.
Affordability. New Orleans 40, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. New Orleans 80, Zagreb 52: New Orleans leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New Orleans 25, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New Orleans and Zagreb.

Your match

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

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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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New OrleansZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew OrleansZagreb
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation-2 m127 m
Main airportLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew OrleansZagreb
City population383,997767,131
People per km²423-
Museums within 10 km1627
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.