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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

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. Belfast 20, Split 75: Split leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Split 57: Split leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Split 66: Split leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Split 52: Split leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Split 77: Split leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Split 78: Split leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Split 54: Belfast leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Split 67: Split leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Split 32: Belfast leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Split 45: Belfast leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Split 37: Belfast leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Split 40: Split leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Split.

Your match

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

Belfast
51match

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

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastSplit
Official languageEnglishCroatian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation3 m0 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastSplit
City population345,006160,577
People per km²3,000-
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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. 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.