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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Rovinj or Valencia?

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

Rovinj does not lead in any category we score.

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

Choose Valencia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj and Valencia are level on 60.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Valencia.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Has no clear advantage with the weighting you have chosen.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjValencia
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjValencia
City population12,968840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.