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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Cartagena or Ljubljana?

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 Cartagena for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ljubljana’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. Cartagena 70, Ljubljana 22: Cartagena leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Ljubljana 55: Cartagena leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Ljubljana 55: Cartagena leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Ljubljana 40: Cartagena leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Ljubljana 33: Cartagena leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Ljubljana 54: Cartagena leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Ljubljana 42: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cartagena
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CartagenaLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaLjubljana
Official languageSpanishSlovene
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number123112
Elevation2 m309 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaLjubljana
City population914,552284,293
People per km²1,5991,736
Museums within 10 km214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.