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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Philadelphia or Zadar?

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 Philadelphia for

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

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. Philadelphia 36, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Zadar 45: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Zadar 55: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Zadar 38: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Zadar 70: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Zadar 55: Philadelphia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Zadar 58: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Zadar 27: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Zadar 28: Philadelphia leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Zadar.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

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

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches 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.

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaZadar
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
Elevation12 m5 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaZadar
City population1,603,79770,779
People per km²4,339-
Museums within 10 km541
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.