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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Split or Tallinn?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Tallinn for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Split leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Tallinn 52: Split leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Tallinn 44: Split leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Tallinn 55: Split leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Tallinn 58: Split leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Tallinn 40: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Split
Best match
57match

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

Tallinn
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness 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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitTallinn
Official languageCroatianEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m28 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitTallinn
City population160,577457,572
People per km²-2,871
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.