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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

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

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Nairobi 4, Split 75: Split leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Split 57: Split leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Split 66: Split leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Split 52: Nairobi leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Split 77: Nairobi leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Split 78: Split leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Split 54: Nairobi leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Split 67: Split leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Split 32: Nairobi leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Split 45: Nairobi leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Split 37: Split leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Split 40: Split leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Split.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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NairobiSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiSplit
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
Elevation1,661 m0 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiSplit
City population5,545,000160,577
People per km²7,967-
Museums within 10 km411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.