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Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

New York 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 New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. New York 50, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. New York 92, Rovinj 50: New York leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. New York 89, Rovinj 38: New York leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. New York 97, Rovinj 25: New York leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. New York 55, Rovinj 60: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Day trips. New York and Rovinj are level on 68.
Good for families. New York 70, Rovinj 52: New York leads by 18 points.
Getting around. New York 82, Rovinj 55: New York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. New York 97, Rovinj 28: New York leads by 69 points.
Affordability. New York 12, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. New York 99, Rovinj 15: New York leads by 84 points.
Wellness & relaxation. New York and Rovinj are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: New York and Rovinj.

Your match

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

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °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. New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNew YorkRovinj
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
Elevation25 m0 m
Main airportJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNew YorkRovinj
City population8,804,19012,968
People per km²7,256-
Museums within 10 km1571
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.