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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Valparaiso?

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 Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Rovinj leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj and Valparaiso are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj and Valparaiso are level on 60.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Valparaiso 63: Rovinj leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Valparaiso 33: Rovinj leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Valparaiso 44: Rovinj leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Valparaiso 30: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Valparaiso 18: Rovinj leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Valparaiso.

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 beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and culture and sights 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 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.

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjValparaiso
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation0 m21 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjValparaiso
City population12,968296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.