Dubrovnik · Month comparison
February vs September
September ranks #2 overall vs February at #7. The ideal window: summer conditions with 30–40% fewer people and prices falling.
February
#7 of 12 months
Strong option
Still very wet but marginally brighter — the off-season continues.
- ↑Budget prices: best value of the year for those undeterred by rain
- ↑Carnival (if it falls in February): local procession in Dubrovnik — small but genuine
September
#2 of 12 months
Best match
The ideal window: summer conditions with 30–40% fewer people and prices falling.
- ↑Sea still 24°C — the most pleasant swimming month without July's overcrowding
- ↑Wall walk genuinely manageable: cruise ships reducing their Dubrovnik calls
| Factor | February | September |
|---|---|---|
| Weather score | 3 | 9 |
| Value score | 10 | 5 |
| Crowd score | 10 | 5 |
| Events score | 3 | 6 |
| Atmosphere | 6 | 8 |
| Avg high temp | 11.1°C | 24.9°C |
| Monthly rain | 156mm | 84mm |
| Daily sunshine | 4.2hrs | 9.5hrs |
February trade-offs
- ↓156mm: very wet, with some days of solid rain that make wall walking miserable
- ↓Most tourism infrastructure still closed or operating reduced hours
- ↓Cool and damp: not the Adriatic of postcards
September trade-offs
- ↓First autumn rains return: 84mm — some September afternoons wet
- ↓Still moderately priced: the budget window hasn't fully opened
- ↓Early September barely different from August in crowd levels
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