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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toulouse by ZbebVial, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Split or Toulouse?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Split leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Toulouse 66: Toulouse leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Toulouse 64: Split leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Toulouse 56: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Toulouse 58: Split leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Toulouse 72: Split leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Toulouse 62: Toulouse leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Toulouse 70: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Toulouse 50: Toulouse leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Toulouse 27: Split leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Toulouse.

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.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitToulouse
Official languageCroatianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m115 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitToulouse
City population160,577514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km1124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.