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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Bled or Cardiff?

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

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Cardiff for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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, Cardiff 30: Bled leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Cardiff 45: Cardiff leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Cardiff 58: Cardiff leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Cardiff 70: Bled leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Cardiff 72: Cardiff leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Cardiff 58: Bled leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Cardiff 66: Cardiff leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 45 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Cardiff 46: Cardiff leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Cardiff 57: Cardiff leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Cardiff 27: Bled leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Cardiff.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Cardiff
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

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

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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.

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledCardiff
Official languageSloveneEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation501 m41 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledCardiff
City population4,969383,536
People per km²262,734
Museums within 10 km49
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.