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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled or Oaxaca?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Bled leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 64 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Oaxaca 62: Bled leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Oaxaca 65: Bled leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Oaxaca 40: Bled leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Oaxaca 55: Bled leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 57 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Oaxaca 38: Oaxaca leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Oaxaca 50: Bled leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

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

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledOaxaca
Official languageSloveneSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m1,555 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledOaxaca
City population4,969258,913
People per km²263,028
Museums within 10 km410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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.