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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Rovinj leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Scottsdale 46: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj and Scottsdale are level on 38.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Scottsdale 68: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Scottsdale 50: Rovinj leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Scottsdale 20: Rovinj leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Scottsdale 32: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Scottsdale 40: Scottsdale leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjScottsdale
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m380 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjScottsdale
City population12,968241,361
Museums within 10 km110
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.