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The old town from the sea, Rovinj
RovinjThe old town from the sea
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Rovinj by Vyacheslav Bukharov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Rovinj or Wellington?

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
  • day trips
  • wellness

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Rovinj leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Rovinj 50, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Rovinj 38, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Rovinj 25, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Rovinj 60, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Rovinj 68, Wellington 40: Rovinj leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Rovinj 52, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Rovinj 55, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Rovinj 28, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Rovinj 36, Wellington 33: Rovinj leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Rovinj 15, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Rovinj 42, Wellington 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 Wellington.

Your match

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

Rovinj
45match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Rovinj: 1991-2020 normals, Trieste (63.7 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureRovinjWellington
Official languageCroatianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportPula Airport (PUY)31 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureRovinjWellington
City population12,968216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.