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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Ljubljana or New Orleans?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, New Orleans 42: Ljubljana leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, New Orleans 52: Ljubljana leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, New Orleans 55: Ljubljana leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, New Orleans 40: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, New Orleans 25: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Ljubljana
53match

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

New Orleans
54match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaNew Orleans
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m-2 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaNew Orleans
City population284,293383,997
People per km²1,736423
Museums within 10 km1416
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.