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Varanasi or Zagreb?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

Rowing boats below the ghats in the morning light, Varanasi
Varanasi

Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
Zagreb

Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Varanasi
40
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Zagreb
✓ Best match
50
match

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

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

VaranasiZagreb
Beaches & swimming. Zagreb leads by 6 points.6
Food & drink. Varanasi and Zagreb are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Varanasi leads by 24 points.24
Nightlife. Zagreb leads by 37 points.37
Nature & outdoors. Zagreb leads by 44 points.44
Day trips. Zagreb leads by 18 points.18
Good for families. Zagreb leads by 47 points.47
Getting around. Zagreb leads by 42 points.42
Shopping & style. Varanasi leads by 15 points.15
Affordability. Varanasi leads by 32 points.32
Live music & performing arts. Varanasi leads by 6 points.6
Wellness & relaxation. Zagreb leads by 3 points.3
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Varanasi and Zagreb.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyVaranasiZagreb
Daytime high35 °C29 °C
Night-time low27 °C18 °C
Rainfall in the month249 mm87 mm
SunshineNo figure9 hours a day
Daylight14 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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M
A
M
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D
Daytime high, °C
Varanasi
24
29
35
41
43
41
35
33
32
32
28
24
Zagreb
5
8
13
18
23
27
29
28
22
17
11
6
Rainfall, mm
Varanasi
12
14
10
11
23
110
249
200
146
34
2
5
Zagreb
47
48
49
63
76
90
87
85
104
91
88
63
Daylight, hours per day
Varanasi
11
11
12
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
11
11
Zagreb
9
10
12
14
15
16
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Varanasi
No sunshine record
Zagreb
2
4
5
6
8
9
9
9
6
4
2
2

Where the figures come from

Varanasi has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Varanasi: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureVaranasiZagreb
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation76 m127 m
Main airportLal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS)21 km from centre16 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureVaranasiZagreb
City population1,198,491767,131
People per km²14,598-
Museums within 10 km227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.