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Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mendoza 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 Mendoza for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Mendoza 6, Split 75: Split leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Mendoza 68, Split 57: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Mendoza 30, Split 66: Split leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Mendoza 40, Split 52: Split leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mendoza 83, Split 77: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mendoza 52, Split 78: Split leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Mendoza 42, Split 54: Split leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Mendoza 48, Split 67: Split leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Mendoza 33, Split 32: Mendoza leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Mendoza 56, Split 45: Mendoza leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mendoza 33, Split 37: Split leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mendoza 55, Split 40: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mendoza and Split.

Your match

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

Mendoza
46match

Wins on wellness and food and drink with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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. Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMendozaSplit
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911112
Elevation769 m0 m
Main airportGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMendozaSplit
City population127,160160,577
People per km²2,355-
Museums within 10 km111
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.