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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Aspen 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 Aspen for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • 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. Aspen 6, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Aspen and Ljubljana are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Ljubljana 80: Aspen leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Ljubljana 54: Aspen leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Ljubljana 33: Aspen leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen and Ljubljana are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Ljubljana 42: Aspen leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Aspen
43match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AspenLjubljana

Where the figures come from

Aspen 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. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenLjubljana
Official language-Slovene
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation2,405 m309 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenLjubljana
City population7,004284,293
People per km²7001,736
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.