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The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Positano 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 Positano for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • prices
  • 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. Positano 77, Rovinj 70: Positano leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Positano 40, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Positano 22, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Positano 22, Rovinj 25: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Positano 80, Rovinj 60: Positano leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Positano 88, Rovinj 68: Positano leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Positano 28, Rovinj 52: Rovinj leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Positano 35, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Positano 45, Rovinj 28: Positano leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Positano 10, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Positano and Rovinj are level on 15.
Wellness & relaxation. Positano 45, Rovinj 42: Positano leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Positano and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Positano
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Rovinj
Best match
45match

Wins on prices 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.

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

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. Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePositanoRovinj
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
Elevation142 m0 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePositanoRovinj
City population3,72912,968
People per km²429-
Museums within 10 km101
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.