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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bled or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Tromso for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Bled leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Tromso 36: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Tromso 27: Tromso leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Tromso 14: Bled leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Tromso 45: Bled leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Tromso 15: Tromso leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Tromso 11: Bled leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Tromso 38: Bled leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Tromso.

Your match

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

Bled
Best match
40match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledTromso
Official languageSloveneNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation501 m20 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledTromso
City population4,96979,943
People per km²2632
Museums within 10 km48
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.