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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ljubljana for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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. Las Vegas 10, Ljubljana 22: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Ljubljana 55: Las Vegas leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Ljubljana 55: Ljubljana leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Ljubljana 40: Las Vegas leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Ljubljana 80: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Ljubljana 78: Ljubljana leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Ljubljana 74: Ljubljana leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Ljubljana 33: Las Vegas leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Ljubljana 54: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Ljubljana 50: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 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: Las Vegas and Ljubljana.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Ljubljana in July

28 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
121 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Las VegasLjubljana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasLjubljana
Official language-Slovene
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation610 m309 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasLjubljana
City population641,903284,293
People per km²1,8431,736
Museums within 10 km2114
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03

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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). 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.