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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Bled for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Amsterdam 25, Bled 50: Bled leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Bled 20: Amsterdam leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Bled 22: Amsterdam leads by 60 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Bled 5: Amsterdam leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Bled 86: Bled leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Bled 70: Amsterdam leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Bled 60: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Bled 58: Amsterdam leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Bled 5: Amsterdam leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Bled 45: Bled leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Bled 5: Amsterdam leads by 73 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Bled 55: Bled leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Bled.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Bled
40match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

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. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBled
Official languageDutchSlovene
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
Elevation-2 m501 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBled
City population921,4684,969
People per km²4,20826
Museums within 10 km1014
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.