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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

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

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • wellness
  • families
  • 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. Palermo 77, Rovinj 70: Palermo leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Rovinj 50: Palermo leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Rovinj 38: Palermo leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Rovinj 25: Palermo leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Rovinj 60: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Rovinj 68: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Rovinj 28: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Rovinj 36: Palermo leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Rovinj 15: Palermo leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Rovinj 42: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Rovinj
45match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

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. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoRovinj
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m0 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoRovinj
City population630,16712,968
People per km²3,924-
Museums within 10 km421
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.