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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Austin 30, Split 75: Split leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Split 57: Austin leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Split 66: Split leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Split 52: Austin leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Split 77: Split leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Split 78: Split leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Split 54: Austin leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Split 67: Split leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Split 32: Austin leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Split 45: Split leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Split 37: Austin leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Split.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinSplit
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation149 m0 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinSplit
City population961,855160,577
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km2111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.