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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Rovinj or Seattle?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Rovinj leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Seattle 55: Rovinj leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Seattle 22: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 55 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Seattle 40: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Seattle.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjSeattle
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m40 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjSeattle
City population12,968737,015
People per km²-1,996
Museums within 10 km127
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.