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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Split or Toronto?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Split leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Toronto 50: Split leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Toronto 52: Split leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Toronto 50: Split leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Toronto 65: Split leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Toronto 34: Split leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Toronto 33: Split leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Split
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitToronto
Official languageCroatianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m76 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitToronto
City population160,5772,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km1132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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.