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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Waterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor, Newport Beach
Newport BeachWaterfront houses on Harbor Island in Newport Harbor

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Newport Beach by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Newport 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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Newport Beach for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Newport 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, Newport Beach 70: Newport Beach leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Newport Beach 50: Ljubljana leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Newport Beach 20: Ljubljana leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Newport Beach 33: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Newport Beach 66: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Newport Beach 70: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Newport Beach 80: Newport Beach leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Newport Beach 20: Ljubljana leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Newport Beach 62: Newport Beach leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Newport Beach 15: Ljubljana leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Newport Beach 46: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Newport Beach 44: Newport Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Newport Beach.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Newport Beach
48match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Newport Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaNewport Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Newport Beach: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1981-2010) normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaNewport Beach
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m3 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)7 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaNewport Beach
City population284,29385,239
People per km²1,736622
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.