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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bled or London?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Bled leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, London 84: London leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, London 94: London leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, London 88: London leads by 83 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, London 57: Bled leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, London 90: London leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, London 82: London leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, London 85: London leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, London 95: London leads by 90 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, London 15: Bled leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, London 98: London leads by 93 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, London 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 London.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledLondon
Official languageSloveneEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation501 m4 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledLondon
City population4,9698,799,728
People per km²265,598
Museums within 10 km4216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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. 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.