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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Bled or Izmir?

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
  • families

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

Choose Izmir for

  • nightlife
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Izmir leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Izmir 66: Bled leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Izmir 55: Bled leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Izmir.

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 families with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink 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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledIzmir
Official languageSloveneTurkish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112112
Elevation501 m2 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledIzmir
City population4,9694,493,242
People per km²264,760
Museums within 10 km429
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.