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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bled or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Tampa for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Tampa 55: Bled leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Tampa 54: Bled leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Tampa 22: Bled leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Tampa 40: Bled leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Tampa 30: Bled leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Tampa.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tampa
Best match
49match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledTampa
City population4,969384,959
People per km²26848
Museums within 10 km46
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.