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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Split or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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 Split for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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. Split 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Split leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Split leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Split leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Split leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Split 78, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Split leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Split 54, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Split 67, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Split leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Split 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Split leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split and St. Petersburg, Florida are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SplitSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m134 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population160,577258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.