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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Split or Virginia Beach?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Virginia Beach 42: Split leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Virginia Beach 30: Split leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Virginia Beach 37: Split leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Virginia Beach 56: Split leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Virginia Beach 64: Split leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Virginia Beach 27: Split leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Split and Virginia Beach are level on 32.
Affordability. Split 45, Virginia Beach 40: Split leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Virginia Beach 38: Virginia Beach leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Virginia Beach 32: Split leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Virginia Beach.

Your match

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

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SplitVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitVirginia Beach
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m7 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitVirginia Beach
City population160,577459,470
Museums within 10 km112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.