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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Bled or Quito?

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
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Quito for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Bled leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Quito 54: Quito leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Quito 77: Quito leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Quito 40: Quito leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled and Quito are level on 86.
Day trips. Bled 70, Quito 55: Bled leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Quito 32: Bled leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Quito 45: Bled leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Quito 40: Quito leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Quito 78: Quito leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Quito 38: Quito leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Quito 44: Bled leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Quito.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quito
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 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.

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledQuito
Official languageSloveneSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m2,850 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledQuito
City population4,9691,763,275
People per km²264,735
Museums within 10 km416
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.