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Bratislava Castle, Bratislava
BratislavaBratislava Castle
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Bratislava by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bratislava or Orange Beach?

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 Bratislava for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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. Bratislava 15, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Bratislava 42, Orange Beach 40: Bratislava leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Bratislava 45, Orange Beach 7: Bratislava leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Bratislava 40, Orange Beach 30: Bratislava leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bratislava 55, Orange Beach 60: Orange Beach leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Bratislava 78, Orange Beach 50: Bratislava leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Bratislava 40, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Bratislava 68, Orange Beach 15: Bratislava leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Bratislava 35, Orange Beach 25: Bratislava leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Bratislava 62, Orange Beach 38: Bratislava leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bratislava 48, Orange Beach 32: Bratislava leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bratislava 36, Orange Beach 32: Bratislava leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bratislava and Orange Beach.

Your match

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

Bratislava
Best match
47match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bratislava in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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

Bratislava 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.

Bratislava's sunshine is measured 56 km from the centre, at Wien / Hohe Warte.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bratislava: 1991-2020 normals, Bratislava Ivanka (8.6 km from centre). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBratislavaOrange Beach
Official languageSlovak-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation152 m4 m
Main airportM. R. Štefánik Airport (BTS)8 km from centre67 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBratislavaOrange Beach
City population480,9028,095
People per km²1,308196
Museums within 10 km220
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.