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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License.

Alicante or Bled?

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 Alicante for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bled’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. Alicante 82, Bled 50: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Bled 20: Alicante leads by 47 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Bled 22: Alicante leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Bled 5: Alicante leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Bled 86: Bled leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Bled 70: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Bled 60: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Bled 58: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Bled 5: Alicante leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Bled 45: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Bled 5: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Bled 55: Bled leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Bled.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Bled
40match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 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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Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteBled
Official languageSpanishSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m501 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteBled
City population366,2214,969
People per km²1,81926
Museums within 10 km84
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.