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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Split for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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. Nice and Split are level on 75.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Split 57: Nice leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Split 66: Split leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Split 52: Split leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Split 77: Nice leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Split 78: Nice leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Split 54: Nice leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Split 67: Nice leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Split 32: Nice leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Split 45: Split leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Split 37: Nice leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Split.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Split
57match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Nice 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSplit
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
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSplit
City population357,737160,577
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km1711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.