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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Rovinj or Samarkand?

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 Rovinj for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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. Rovinj 70, Samarkand 4: Rovinj leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Samarkand 14: Rovinj leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Samarkand 40: Rovinj leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Samarkand 30: Rovinj leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Samarkand 24: Samarkand leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Samarkand 32: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

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.

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjSamarkand
Official languageCroatianUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m702 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjSamarkand
City population12,968546,303
People per km²-5,058
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.