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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Beijing 6, Split 75: Split leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Split 57: Beijing leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Split 66: Beijing leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Split 52: Beijing leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Split 77: Split leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Split 78: Beijing leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Split 54: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Split 67: Beijing leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Split 32: Beijing leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Split 45: Beijing leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Split 37: Beijing leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Split 40: Beijing leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Split.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

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

Split
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingSplit
Official languagePutonghuaCroatian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation43 m0 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingSplit
City population21,893,095160,577
People per km²1,334-
Museums within 10 km8311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64
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.