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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bled or Vancouver?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Vancouver for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Bled leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Vancouver 45: Bled leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Vancouver 27: Bled leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Vancouver 50: Bled leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledVancouver
Official languageSloveneFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation501 m2 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledVancouver
City population4,969662,248
People per km²265,759
Museums within 10 km426
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.