Croatia vs Turkey

Long pool with loungers and umbrellas overlooking Adriatic Sea and forested coastline at Girandella Resort, Valamar Collection.

Aerial view of Concorde De Luxe Resort's distinctive white building with curved wings overlooking multiple pools, beach, and turquoise Mediterranean Sea with boats.

Croatia and Turkey, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Croatia compared with Turkey
Croatia	Measure	Turkey
–	U.S. travel advisory	Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
11	Resorts in our catalog	21 (better)
★ 4.5	Average guest rating	★ 4.6 (better)
$35–$245/night pp	Nightly rates	$1–$1549/night pp (better)
3 of 11	Adults-only resorts	0 of 21
No hurricane season	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
October–December	Rainy season	November–February (impressively wet winters, irrelevant to summer trips)
June and September; July–August for full beach season	Sweet spot	May–June and September–October; July–August regularly tops 90°F
Euro	Currency	Turkish lira (TRY); euros often accepted at resorts

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Croatia

Turkey

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Croatia and Turkey
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Croatia · high °F	50	52	57	63	72	80	85	85	77	68	58	52
Turkey · high °F	59	60	64	70	78	86	93	93	87	79	69	61
Croatia · rain (in)	3.1	2.7	2.8	3.1	2.4	1.9	1.0	1.6	3.2	3.4	4.5	3.8
Turkey · rain (in)	9.2	6.3	3.8	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.6	2.6	7.1	10.2

Approximate climate normals for Split / Makarska Riviera and Antalya coast: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.