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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Adelaide or Ljubljana?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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. Adelaide 68, Ljubljana 22: Adelaide leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Ljubljana 55: Adelaide leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, Ljubljana 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Ljubljana 54: Adelaide leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Ljubljana 33: Adelaide leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Ljubljana 50: Adelaide leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide and Ljubljana are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideLjubljana
Official languageEnglishSlovene
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation1 m309 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideLjubljana
City population1,387,290284,293
People per km²1,0711,736
Museums within 10 km1314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.