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The island church from the lakeshore, Bled
BledThe island church from the lakeshore
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Bled by Philipp Schwarz, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Bled or York?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Bled leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Bled 20, York 42: York leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bled 22, York 70: York leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Bled 5, York 36: York leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bled 86, York 62: Bled leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bled 70, York 80: York leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bled and York are level on 60.
Getting around. Bled 58, York 72: York leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Bled 5, York 46: York leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Bled 45, York 38: Bled leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bled 5, York 38: York leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bled 55, York 34: Bled leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bled and York.

Your match

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

Bled
40match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bled: 1991-2020 normals, Klagenfurt (35.5 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBledYork
Official languageSloveneEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation501 m25 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)31 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBledYork
City population4,969208,400
People per km²26766
Museums within 10 km424
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.