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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Rovinj or Virginia Beach?

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
  • wellness
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Virginia Beach 42: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Virginia Beach 30: Rovinj leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Virginia Beach 37: Virginia Beach leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Virginia Beach 56: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Virginia Beach 64: Rovinj leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Virginia Beach 27: Rovinj leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Virginia Beach 32: Virginia Beach leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Virginia Beach 40: Virginia Beach leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Virginia Beach 38: Virginia Beach leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Virginia Beach 32: Rovinj leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Rovinj and Virginia Beach.

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 getting around and wellness with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °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). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjVirginia Beach
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 m7 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjVirginia Beach
City population12,968459,470
Museums within 10 km12
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.