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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Split or Warsaw?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Split leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Warsaw 60: Warsaw leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Warsaw 66: Warsaw leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Warsaw 47: Split leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Warsaw 52: Split leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Warsaw 35: Split leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Warsaw.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Split
57match

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

Warsaw
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitWarsaw
Official languageCroatianPolish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m118 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitWarsaw
City population160,5771,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km11117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. 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.