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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Paris 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 Paris for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Paris 9, Zagreb 10: Zagreb leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, Zagreb 55: Paris leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, Zagreb 56: Paris leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, Zagreb 47: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, Zagreb 60: Paris leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, Zagreb 52: Paris leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, Zagreb 70: Paris leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, Zagreb 40: Paris leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, Zagreb 52: Paris leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris 40, Zagreb 33: Paris leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ParisZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisZagreb
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
Elevation27 m127 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisZagreb
City population2,103,778767,131
People per km²19,960-
Museums within 10 km25127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40

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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). 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.