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Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Scottsdale 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 Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • families

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • 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. Scottsdale 8, Split 75: Split leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Scottsdale 46, Split 57: Split leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Scottsdale 38, Split 66: Split leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Scottsdale and Split are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Scottsdale 68, Split 77: Split leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Scottsdale 50, Split 78: Split leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Scottsdale 60, Split 54: Scottsdale leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Scottsdale 20, Split 67: Split leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Scottsdale 60, Split 32: Scottsdale leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Scottsdale 32, Split 45: Split leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Scottsdale 40, Split 37: Scottsdale leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Scottsdale 72, Split 40: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Scottsdale and Split.

Your match

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

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureScottsdaleSplit
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation380 m0 m
Main airportPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureScottsdaleSplit
City population241,361160,577
Museums within 10 km1011
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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). 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. 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.

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.