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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Bath 10, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Ljubljana 55: Bath leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Ljubljana 40: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Ljubljana 78: Bath leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Ljubljana 33: Bath leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Ljubljana 42: Bath leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Bath
51match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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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Where the figures come from

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathLjubljana
Official languageEnglishSlovene
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m309 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathLjubljana
City population94,092284,293
People per km²3,2451,736
Museums within 10 km1714
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.