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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Painted wooden houses under palms in Key West, Key West
Key WestPainted wooden houses under palms in Key West

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Key West by Dominik Gryzbon, Pexels License.

Bled or Key West?

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

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Key West for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Key West’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, Key West 60: Key West leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Key West 45: Key West leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Key West 40: Key West leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Key West 62: Key West leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Key West 62: Bled leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Key West 28: Bled leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Key West 40: Bled leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Key West 62: Key West leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Key West 30: Key West leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Key West 15: Bled leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Key West 38: Key West leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Key West 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 Key West.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Key West
Best match
44match

Wins on nightlife 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

Key West in July

32 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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.

Key West's temperatures are measured 69 km from the centre, at Key West Airport.

Key West 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). Key West: 1991-2020 normals, Key West Airport (69.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledKey West
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 m4 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsKey West International Airport (EYW)2 km from centre24 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledKey West
City population4,96926,444
People per km²261,407
Museums within 10 km47
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.