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The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Split or Windhoek?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Split leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Split 57, Windhoek 36: Split leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Split 66, Windhoek 30: Split leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Split 52, Windhoek 25: Split leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Split 77, Windhoek 52: Split leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Split 78, Windhoek 14: Split leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Split 54, Windhoek 30: Split leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Split 67, Windhoek 22: Split leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Split 32, Windhoek 30: Split leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Split 45, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Split 37, Windhoek 18: Split leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Split 40, Windhoek 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 Windhoek.

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.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on prices 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSplitWindhoek
Official languageCroatianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m1,650 m
Main airportSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSplitWindhoek
City population160,577486,169
People per km²-95
Museums within 10 km115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.