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The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Tallinn or Zadar?

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 Tallinn for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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. Tallinn 28, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Tallinn 52, Zadar 45: Tallinn leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Tallinn 68, Zadar 55: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Tallinn 44, Zadar 38: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tallinn 55, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Tallinn 58, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Tallinn 60, Zadar 55: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Tallinn 72, Zadar 58: Tallinn leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Tallinn 40, Zadar 27: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Tallinn 47, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tallinn 50, Zadar 28: Tallinn leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tallinn 50, Zadar 35: Tallinn leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tallinn and Zadar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Tallinn
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness with your weighting.

Zadar
51match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °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

Zadar 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. Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTallinnZadar
Official languageEstonianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation28 m5 m
Main airportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTallinnZadar
City population457,57270,779
People per km²2,871-
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.