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Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Tokyo 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 Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zadar for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Tokyo 40, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Tokyo 98, Zadar 45: Tokyo leads by 53 points.
Culture & sights. Tokyo 84, Zadar 55: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Tokyo 86, Zadar 38: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Tokyo 68, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Tokyo 85, Zadar 70: Tokyo leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Tokyo 95, Zadar 55: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Tokyo 98, Zadar 58: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Tokyo 99, Zadar 27: Tokyo leads by 72 points.
Affordability. Tokyo 48, Zadar 52: Zadar leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Tokyo 86, Zadar 28: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Tokyo 78, Zadar 35: Tokyo leads by 43 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Tokyo and Zadar.

Your match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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.

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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. Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureTokyoZadar
Official languageJapaneseCroatian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation6 m5 m
Main airportTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureTokyoZadar
City population14,264,79870,779
People per km²6,501-
Museums within 10 km1921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.