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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Laguna Beach 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 Laguna Beach for

  • families
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Split for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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. Laguna Beach 72, Split 75: Split leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Split 57: Split leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Split 66: Split leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Split 52: Split leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Split 77: Split leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Split 78: Split leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Split 54: Laguna Beach leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Split 67: Split leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Split 32: Laguna Beach leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Split 45: Split leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach 40, Split 37: Laguna Beach leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Split 40: Laguna Beach leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna Beach and Split.

Your match

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

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
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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Laguna BeachSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna BeachSplit
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation6 m0 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLaguna BeachSplit
City population23,032160,577
People per km²907-
Museums within 10 km211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.