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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bled or Deer Valley?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Deer Valley for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Deer Valley’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, Deer Valley 10: Bled leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Deer Valley 38: Deer Valley leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Deer Valley 15: Bled leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Deer Valley 25: Deer Valley leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Deer Valley 90: Deer Valley leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Deer Valley 38: Bled leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Bled and Deer Valley are level on 60.
Getting around. Bled 58, Deer Valley 50: Bled leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Deer Valley 25: Deer Valley leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Deer Valley 4: Bled leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Deer Valley 30: Deer Valley leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Deer Valley 52: Bled leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Deer Valley.

Your match

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

Bled
Best match
40match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Deer Valley
36match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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

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.

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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). Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledDeer Valley
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m2,474 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledDeer Valley
City population4,969-
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km40
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.