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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Split or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Split leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Wellington 44: Split leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Wellington 45: Split leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Wellington 40: Split leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Wellington 33: Split leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Wellington 30: Split leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Split and Wellington.

Your match

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

Split
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitWellington
Official languageCroatianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitWellington
City population160,577216,200
People per km²-487
Museums within 10 km1112
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.