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The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Rotorua or Tallinn?

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 Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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. Rotorua 33, Tallinn 28: Rotorua leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Rotorua 33, Tallinn 52: Tallinn leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Rotorua 38, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Rotorua 14, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rotorua 86, Tallinn 55: Rotorua leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Rotorua 45, Tallinn 58: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Rotorua 68, Tallinn 60: Rotorua leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Rotorua 30, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Rotorua 22, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Rotorua 36, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rotorua 30, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rotorua 86, Tallinn 50: Rotorua leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rotorua and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Rotorua
43match

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

Tallinn
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotorua 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. Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRotoruaTallinn
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriEstonian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation280 m28 m
Main airportRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRotoruaTallinn
City population58,500457,572
People per km²222,871
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.