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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Clearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier, Clearwater
ClearwaterClearwater Beach in evening light, with its hotels and pier

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Clearwater by ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bled or Clearwater?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Clearwater for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Clearwater’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, Clearwater 90: Clearwater leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Clearwater 38: Clearwater leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Clearwater 18: Bled leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Clearwater 34: Clearwater leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Clearwater 55: Bled leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Clearwater 58: Bled leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Clearwater 78: Clearwater leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Clearwater 28: Bled leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Clearwater 27: Clearwater leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Clearwater 35: Bled leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Clearwater 36: Clearwater leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Clearwater 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 Clearwater.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Clearwater
Best match
45match

Wins on beaches 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

Clearwater in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
188 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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.

Clearwater 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.

Clearwater's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Clearwater: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg / High Point (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledClearwater
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m9 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledClearwater
City population4,969117,292
People per km²261,154
Museums within 10 km44
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.