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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

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

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

Choose Split for

  • getting around
  • families
  • beaches

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. Marseille 72, Split 75: Split leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Split 57: Marseille leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Split 66: Split leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Split 52: Marseille leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Split 77: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Split 78: Marseille leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Split 54: Split leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Split 67: Split leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Split 32: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Marseille and Split are level on 45.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Split 37: Marseille leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Split 40: Split leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Split.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

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

Split
57match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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MarseilleSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseilleSplit
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseilleSplit
City population886,040160,577
People per km²3,683-
Museums within 10 km2711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.