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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Bled or Wellington?

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
  • wellness
  • beaches

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Bled leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, Wellington 78: Bled leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, Wellington 40: Bled leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bled 60, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Bled 58, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, Wellington 33: Bled leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, Wellington 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 Wellington.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledWellington
Official languageSloveneEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation501 m0 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledWellington
City population4,969216,200
People per km²26487
Museums within 10 km412
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.