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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

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

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Avignon and Ljubljana are level on 22.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Ljubljana 55: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Ljubljana 55: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Ljubljana 78: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Ljubljana 33: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Ljubljana 50: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Ljubljana 42: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Avignon
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonLjubljana
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
Elevation10 m309 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonLjubljana
City population92,188284,293
People per km²1,4201,736
Museums within 10 km1114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km63

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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). 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.