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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Rovinj leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Thessaloniki 50: Rovinj leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Thessaloniki 33: Rovinj leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Thessaloniki.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjThessaloniki
Official languageCroatianGreek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjThessaloniki
City population12,968309,617
People per km²-16,042
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.