Rijeka logs 11 hot days a year to Zagreb's 37 — Rijeka wins by 26. Rijeka also leads on frost days by 40.

Zagreb averages $1,713/mo for balanced living; Rijeka has no cost baseline yet.

Zagreb scores 2.8 on mobility (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no mobility baseline.

Zagreb's culture score of 3.2 sits well above Rijeka's 0.0.

Zagreb scores 4.0 on nature & outdoors (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no nature & outdoors baseline.

Zagreb scores 3.0 on safety (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no safety baseline.

Zagreb scores 2.9 on career (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no career baseline.

Zagreb scores 2.9 on social & community (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no social & community baseline.

Zagreb scores 2.8 on food & dining (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no food & dining baseline.

Zagreb scores 3.1 on family (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no family baseline.

Zagreb scores 2.7 on healthcare (0–5 scale); Rijeka has no healthcare baseline.

Rijeka averages 11.2 µg/m³ (moderate) PM2.5 annually versus Zagreb's 13.2 µg/m³ (moderate) — Rijeka breathes ~15% cleaner air (2.0 µg/m³ lower).

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