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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Split or Tampa?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Split leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Split and Tampa are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Tampa 42: Split leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Split and Tampa are level on 52.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Tampa 55: Split leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Tampa 54: Split leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Tampa 22: Split leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Tampa 40: Split leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Tampa 30: Split leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Tampa.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitTampa
City population160,577384,959
People per km²-848
Museums within 10 km116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.