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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled or Nairobi?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Bled leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Nairobi 48: Nairobi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Nairobi 58: Nairobi leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Nairobi 84: Bled leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Nairobi 28: Bled leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Nairobi 55: Bled leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Nairobi 20: Bled leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Nairobi 45: Nairobi leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Nairobi 35: Nairobi leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Nairobi 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 Nairobi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on nightlife 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledNairobi
Official languageSloveneEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation501 m1,661 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledNairobi
City population4,9695,545,000
People per km²267,967
Museums within 10 km44
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.