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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Antibes 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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Antibes 80, Ljubljana 22: Antibes leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Antibes and Ljubljana are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Ljubljana 78: Antibes leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Ljubljana 54: Antibes leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Ljubljana 33: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Ljubljana 42: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antibes
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesLjubljana
Official languageFrenchSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m309 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesLjubljana
City population77,637284,293
People per km²2,9301,736
Museums within 10 km1414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.