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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Split for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Monaco 68, Split 75: Split leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Monaco and Split are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Split 66: Split leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Split 52: Split leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Split 77: Split leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Split 78: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Split 54: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Split 67: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Split 32: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Split 45: Split leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Split 37: Monaco leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Split 40: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Split.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Monaco
58match

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

Split
57match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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MonacoSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoSplit
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoSplit
City population38,857160,577
People per km²18,503-
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.