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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Montreal?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Montreal leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Montreal 66: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Montreal 55: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Montreal 72: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Montreal 45: Ljubljana leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Montreal.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
53match

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

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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
15 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaMontreal
Official languageSloveneFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m31 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaMontreal
City population284,2931,895,211
People per km²1,7363,806
Museums within 10 km1437
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.