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The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Seattle by Caio, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Seattle 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 Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Split for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • prices

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. Seattle 30, Split 75: Split leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Seattle 66, Split 57: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Seattle 50, Split 66: Split leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Seattle 55, Split 52: Seattle leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Seattle 87, Split 77: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Seattle 55, Split 78: Split leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Seattle 64, Split 54: Seattle leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Seattle 60, Split 67: Split leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Seattle 52, Split 32: Seattle leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Seattle 22, Split 45: Split leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Seattle 70, Split 37: Seattle leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Seattle and Split are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Seattle and Split.

Your match

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

Seattle
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 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. Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSeattleSplit
Official language-Croatian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation40 m0 m
Main airportSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSeattleSplit
City population737,015160,577
People per km²1,996-
Museums within 10 km2711
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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.