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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Bled or Philadelphia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Bled leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Philadelphia 52: Bled leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Philadelphia 40: Bled leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 67 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Philadelphia 26: Bled leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledPhiladelphia
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m12 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledPhiladelphia
City population4,9691,603,797
People per km²264,339
Museums within 10 km454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.