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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

San Juan or Skopje?

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 San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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. San Juan 84, Skopje 6: San Juan leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Skopje 52: San Juan leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan 64, Skopje 56: San Juan leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Skopje 42: San Juan leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Skopje 70: San Juan leads by 4 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Skopje 56: Skopje leads by 4 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Skopje 35: San Juan leads by 23 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Skopje 45: Skopje leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Skopje 40: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Skopje 38: San Juan leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Skopje 27: San Juan leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Skopje.

Your match

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San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Skopje 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.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanSkopje
Official languageSpanish, EnglishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Denar (MKD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m251 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanSkopje
City population342,259422,540
People per km²2,847739
Museums within 10 km1817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.