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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Bled or Park City?

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
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Park City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Bled leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Park City 40: Park City leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Park City 18: Bled leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Park City 25: Park City leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Park City 92: Park City leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Park City 40: Bled leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Park City 68: Park City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Park City 60: Park City leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Park City 35: Park City leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Park City 12: Bled leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Park City 28: Park City leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Park City 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 Park City.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bled
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Park City
40match

Wins on shopping 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
15 hdaylight a day

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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.

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City 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). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledPark City
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m2,134 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledPark City
City population4,9698,396
People per km²26185
Museums within 10 km41
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.