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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah or Split?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alta, Utah 3, Split 75: Split leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Split 57: Split leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Split 66: Split leads by 61 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Split 52: Split leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Split 77: Alta, Utah leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Split 78: Split leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Split 54: Split leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Split 67: Split leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Split 32: Split leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Split 45: Split leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Split 37: Split leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Split 40: Split leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Split.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahSplit

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah 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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahSplit
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,610 m0 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahSplit
City population228160,577
People per km²19-
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.