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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Seven Mile Beach, Negril
NegrilSeven Mile Beach

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Negril by gustavo.kunst, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled or Negril?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Negril for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Negril’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, Negril 93: Negril leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Negril 36: Negril leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Negril 8: Bled leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Negril 40: Negril leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Negril 60: Bled leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Negril 35: Bled leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Negril 45: Bled leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Negril 30: Bled leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Negril 15: Negril leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Negril 44: Bled leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Negril 33: Negril leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Negril 52: Bled leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Negril.

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 day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Negril
41match

Wins on beaches 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

Negril in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
174 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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.

Negril's temperatures are measured 52 km from the centre, at Montego Bay / Sangster.

Negril 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). Negril: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (51.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledNegril
Official languageSloveneEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation501 m10 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)52 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledNegril
City population4,9694,500
People per km²26-
Museums within 10 km40
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.