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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Split or Stuttgart?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Stuttgart for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Split leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Stuttgart 62: Split leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Stuttgart 42: Split leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Stuttgart 60: Split leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Stuttgart 66: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Stuttgart 72: Stuttgart leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Stuttgart 58: Stuttgart leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Stuttgart 40: Split leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Stuttgart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Split
57match

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

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitStuttgart
Official languageCroatianGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m245 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitStuttgart
City population160,577609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km1142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.