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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Tampa for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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 and Tampa are level on 70.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Tampa 55: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Tampa 54: Rovinj leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Tampa 22: Rovinj leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Tampa 30: Rovinj leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Tampa.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
Best match
49match

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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjTampa
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m30 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjTampa
City population12,968384,959
People per km²-848
Museums within 10 km16
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.