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Cusco or Split?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
Split

Photo: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Your match

Cusco
49
match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Split
✓ Best match
57
match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CuscoSplit
Beaches & swimming. Split leads by 72 points.72
Food & drink. Split leads by 1 points.1
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 15 points.15
Nightlife. Split leads by 10 points.10
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 9 points.9
Day trips. Cusco and Split are level on 78.
Good for families. Split leads by 44 points.44
Getting around. Split leads by 19 points.19
Shopping & style. Cusco leads by 20 points.20
Affordability. Cusco leads by 28 points.28
Live music & performing arts. Split leads by 7 points.7
Wellness & relaxation. Split leads by 7 points.7
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cusco and Split.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCuscoSplit
Daytime high20 °C31 °C
Night-time low1 °C23 °C
Rainfall in the month5 mm25 mm
SunshineNo figure12 hours a day
Sea temperatureNo sea24 °C
Daylight11 hours a day15 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Split
11
12
15
18
23
28
31
31
25
21
16
12
Sea temperature, °C
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Split
14
13
14
15
18
22
24
25
23
21
19
16
Rainfall, mm
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Split
73
64
59
62
58
49
25
32
82
80
117
99
Daylight, hours per day
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Split
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Sunshine, hours per day
Cusco
No sunshine record
Split
5
5
7
7
9
10
12
11
8
7
4
4

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCuscoSplit
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, QuechuaCroatian
CurrencySol (PEN)Euro (EUR)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111 or 911112
Elevation3,399 m0 m
Main airportAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCuscoSplit
City population428,450160,577
Museums within 10 km1111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.