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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Rovinj or Saint-Tropez?

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

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Saint-Tropez 48: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Saint-Tropez 35: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Saint-Tropez 57: Rovinj leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Saint-Tropez 42: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Saint-Tropez 32: Rovinj leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Saint-Tropez 8: Rovinj leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Saint-Tropez 18: Saint-Tropez leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Saint-Tropez 35: Rovinj leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Saint-Tropez.

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 prices and getting around with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on shopping 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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.

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjSaint-Tropez
Official languageCroatianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjSaint-Tropez
City population12,9683,582
People per km²-320
Museums within 10 km14
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.