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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
A purple lifeguard tower on South Beach, Miami Beach
Miami BeachA purple lifeguard tower on South Beach

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Miami Beach by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Miami 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 Ljubljana for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Miami Beach for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami 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. Ljubljana 22, Miami Beach 92: Miami Beach leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Miami Beach 62: Miami Beach leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Miami Beach 52: Ljubljana leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Miami Beach 80: Miami Beach leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Miami Beach 52: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Miami Beach 55: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Miami Beach 60: Miami Beach leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Miami Beach 58: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Miami Beach 20: Ljubljana leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Miami Beach 55: Miami Beach leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Miami Beach 48: Miami Beach leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Miami Beach.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
53match

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

Miami Beach
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Miami Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 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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LjubljanaMiami Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Miami Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (18.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaMiami Beach
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m1 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)16 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaMiami Beach
City population284,29382,890
People per km²1,7362,109
Museums within 10 km1414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.