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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bled or Dublin?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Bled leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Dublin 50: Dublin leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Dublin 62: Dublin leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Dublin 70: Bled leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Dublin 57: Bled leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Dublin 20: Bled leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Dublin 25: Bled leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Dublin.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Dublin
Best match
53match

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledDublin
Official languageSloveneEnglish, Irish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m20 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledDublin
City population4,969592,713
People per km²265,154
Museums within 10 km440
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.