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Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter
The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea

Photos: Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rovaniemi 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 Rovaniemi for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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. Rovaniemi 10, Rovinj 70: Rovinj leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Rovaniemi 25, Rovinj 50: Rovinj leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Rovaniemi 22, Rovinj 38: Rovinj leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Rovaniemi 15, Rovinj 25: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovaniemi 78, Rovinj 60: Rovaniemi leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Rovaniemi 8, Rovinj 68: Rovinj leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Rovaniemi 72, Rovinj 52: Rovaniemi leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Rovaniemi 36, Rovinj 55: Rovinj leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Rovaniemi 18, Rovinj 28: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Rovaniemi 18, Rovinj 36: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovaniemi 22, Rovinj 15: Rovaniemi leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovaniemi 60, Rovinj 42: Rovaniemi leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovaniemi and Rovinj.

Your match

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

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Rovinj
Best match
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.

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
22 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

Rovaniemi 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.

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. Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre). Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovaniemiRovinj
Official languageFinnish, SwedishCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation88 m0 m
Main airportRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinationsPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovaniemiRovinj
City population65,32912,968
People per km²9-
Museums within 10 km61
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.