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Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Osaka 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 Osaka for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Osaka 34, Split 75: Split leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Osaka 91, Split 57: Osaka leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Osaka 63, Split 66: Split leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Osaka 80, Split 52: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Osaka 58, Split 77: Split leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Osaka 97, Split 78: Osaka leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Osaka 88, Split 54: Osaka leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Osaka 90, Split 67: Osaka leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Osaka 80, Split 32: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Osaka 60, Split 45: Osaka leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Osaka 66, Split 37: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Osaka 66, Split 40: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Osaka and Split.

Your match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Split
57match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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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OsakaSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureOsakaSplit
Official languageJapaneseCroatian
CurrencyYen (JPY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119112
Elevation20 m0 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureOsakaSplit
City population2,751,862160,577
People per km²12,340-
Museums within 10 km4411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km64
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.