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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Reykjavik 12, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Rovinj 25: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Rovinj 60: Reykjavik leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Rovinj 52: Reykjavik leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik and Rovinj are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Rovinj 15: Reykjavik leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Rovinj 42: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Reykjavik
44match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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

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. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikRovinj
Official languageIcelandicCroatian
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation8 m0 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikRovinj
City population138,77212,968
People per km²569-
Museums within 10 km231
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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). 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. 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.