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Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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. Gold Coast 92, Ljubljana 22: Gold Coast leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Gold Coast 47, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Gold Coast 15, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Gold Coast 55, Ljubljana 40: Gold Coast leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gold Coast 82, Ljubljana 80: Gold Coast leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Gold Coast 52, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Gold Coast 89, Ljubljana 54: Gold Coast leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Gold Coast 45, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Gold Coast 40, Ljubljana 33: Gold Coast leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Gold Coast 35, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gold Coast 30, Ljubljana 50: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gold Coast and Ljubljana are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gold Coast and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Gold Coast
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Ljubljana
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 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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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGold CoastLjubljana
Official languageEnglishSlovene
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation12 m309 m
Main airportGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureGold CoastLjubljana
City population607,665284,293
People per km²4331,736
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.