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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Split for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • 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. Catania 72, Split 75: Split leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Split 57: Catania leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Split 66: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Split 52: Catania leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Split 77: Catania leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Split 78: Catania leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Split 54: Split leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Split 67: Split leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Split 32: Catania leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Split 45: Catania leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Split 37: Catania leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Split 40: Split leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Split.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Split
57match

Wins on getting around 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaSplit
Official languageItalianCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m0 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaSplit
City population311,584160,577
People per km²1,704-
Museums within 10 km2511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.