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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Sapporo?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Rovinj leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Sapporo 40: Sapporo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Sapporo 64: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Sapporo 44: Sapporo leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °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. Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjSapporo
Official languageCroatianJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m5 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjSapporo
City population12,9681,959,313
People per km²-1,747
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.