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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bled or Brisbane?

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 Bled for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Brisbane for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Brisbane’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. Bled 50, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Brisbane 60: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Brisbane 42: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Brisbane 74: Bled leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Brisbane 50: Bled leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Brisbane 78: Brisbane leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Brisbane 62: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Brisbane 45: Brisbane leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Brisbane 33: Bled leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Brisbane 55: Brisbane leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Brisbane 40: Bled leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Brisbane.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Bled in July

27 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
154 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bled's temperatures are measured 36 km from the centre, at Klagenfurt.

Bled 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. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledBrisbane
Official languageSloveneEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency number112000
Elevation501 m0 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledBrisbane
City population4,9692,706,966
People per km²26171
Museums within 10 km416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-9 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.