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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Split or Vancouver?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Split leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Vancouver 42: Split leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Vancouver 42: Split leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Vancouver 45: Split leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Vancouver 27: Split leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Vancouver.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vancouver
56match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitVancouver
Official languageCroatianFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitVancouver
City population160,577662,248
People per km²-5,759
Museums within 10 km1126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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.