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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Split or Tunis?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • getting around

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Split leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Tunis 33: Split leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Tunis 45: Split leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Tunis 77: Split leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Tunis 38: Split leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Tunis 48: Split leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Tunis.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Split
57match

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

Tunis
56match

Wins on prices 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitTunis
Official languageCroatianArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation0 m4 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitTunis
City population160,577602,560
People per km²-2,834
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km43
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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. 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.