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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

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

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Montpellier 64, Split 75: Split leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Split 57: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Split 66: Split leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Split 52: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Split 77: Split leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Split 78: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Split 54: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Split 67: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Split 32: Montpellier leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Split 45: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Split 37: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Split 40: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Split.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Split
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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierSplit
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
Elevation7 m0 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierSplit
City population310,240160,577
People per km²5,452-
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 months

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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.