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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Athens 70, Ljubljana 22: Athens leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Ljubljana 55: Athens leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Ljubljana 55: Athens leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Ljubljana 40: Athens leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Ljubljana 78: Athens leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Ljubljana 54: Athens leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Ljubljana 33: Athens leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Ljubljana 54: Athens leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Ljubljana 50: Athens leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens and Ljubljana are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °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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AthensLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensLjubljana
Official languageGreekSlovene
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation74 m309 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensLjubljana
City population643,452284,293
People per km²16,4991,736
Museums within 10 km8814
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.