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The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mombasa 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 Mombasa for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Split for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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. Mombasa 82, Split 75: Mombasa leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Mombasa 60, Split 57: Mombasa leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Mombasa 55, Split 66: Split leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Mombasa 46, Split 52: Split leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mombasa 74, Split 77: Split leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Mombasa 45, Split 78: Split leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Mombasa 45, Split 54: Split leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Mombasa 30, Split 67: Split leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Mombasa 35, Split 32: Mombasa leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Mombasa 70, Split 45: Mombasa leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mombasa 22, Split 37: Split leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mombasa and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mombasa and Split.

Your match

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

Mombasa
50match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 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

Mombasa has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMombasaSplit
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliCroatian
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation50 m0 m
Main airportMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMombasaSplit
City population1,208,333160,577
People per km²4,100-
Museums within 10 km011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.