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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or New York?

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 New York for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, New York 92: New York leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, New York 89: New York leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, New York 97: New York leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, New York 55: Ljubljana leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, New York 68: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, New York 70: New York leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, New York 82: New York leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, New York 97: New York leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, New York 12: Ljubljana leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, New York 99: New York leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana and New York are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and New York.

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.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaNew York
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 m25 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaNew York
City population284,2938,804,190
People per km²1,7367,256
Museums within 10 km14157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.