In this paper, we analysed histopathological reports of the patients diagnosed with melanoma from 2009 to 2018 at the General hospital Dubrovnik. Melanoma is one of the most malignant tumours, most commonly localized on the skin, but can also occur on the mucous membranes, retina, meninges etc. Even though the number of patients is increasing every year, the public is not aware enough of the importance of prevention and early detection of melanoma. On the contrary, the media and social networks are imposing the ideal of beauty and tanned skin, and because of this many people, especially women, deliberately expose themselves to the bright sun or go to a tanning salons to achieve optimal skin colour. This study used a computer database of the histopathological findings of the Department of Pathology and Cytology of the General hospital Dubrovnik. According to MKB code C43, histopathological reports of the subjects with malignant melanoma diagnosed at General hospital Dubrovnik from January 2009 to December 2018 were collected. The analyzed parameters were gender, age, localization, size and histologic subtype of the tumour, depth of the invasion, Breslow tumour thickness, pathological TNM and other available prognostic factors. The identity of the persons was undisclosed and protected, and the study has been previously approved by the Ethics Committee of the General hospital Dubrovnik. The population included 163 patients, 100 (61%) males and 63 (39%) females. The most common tumour localization was the back, in 39% of the patients respectively. The most common subtype of melanoma was superficially spreading melanoma, which has been found in 33% of the patients. Significantly more melanomas were diagnosed in the second half of the observed period (2014-2018).