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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

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

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • wellness
  • prices

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. Nice 75, Rovinj 70: Nice leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Rovinj 50: Nice leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Rovinj 38: Nice leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Rovinj 25: Nice leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Rovinj 60: Nice leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Rovinj 68: Nice leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Rovinj 52: Nice leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Rovinj 55: Nice leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Rovinj 28: Nice leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Rovinj 15: Nice leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on wellness 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.

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceRovinj
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
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceRovinj
City population357,73712,968
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km171
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.