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The wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind, Queenstown
QueenstownThe wharf at Queenstown with the Remarkables behind
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Queenstown by Robert Linsdell, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Queenstown 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 Queenstown for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • wellness

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

Choose Zagreb for

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

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. Queenstown 20, Zagreb 10: Queenstown leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Queenstown 45, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Queenstown 12, Zagreb 56: Zagreb leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Queenstown 42, Zagreb 47: Zagreb leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Queenstown 97, Zagreb 62: Queenstown leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Queenstown 50, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Queenstown 60, Zagreb 52: Queenstown leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Queenstown 45, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Queenstown 28, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Queenstown 20, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Queenstown 14, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Queenstown 42, Zagreb 33: Queenstown leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Queenstown and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Queenstown
40match

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

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Queenstown in July

6 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
115 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
9 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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QueenstownZagreb

Where the figures come from

Queenstown has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Queenstown: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQueenstownZagreb
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriCroatian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation324 m127 m
Main airportQueenstown Airport (ZQN)7 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureQueenstownZagreb
City population29,000767,131
Museums within 10 km027
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.