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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Split or Valencia?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Valencia for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Valencia 60: Split leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Valencia 70: Split leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Valencia.

Your match

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

Split
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping and families 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitValencia
Official languageCroatianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitValencia
City population160,577840,792
People per km²-6,242
Museums within 10 km1145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.