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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Palm Springs

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License.

Ljubljana or Palm Springs?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Palm Springs for

  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Palm Springs’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, Palm Springs 7: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Palm Springs 40: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Palm Springs 42: Ljubljana leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Palm Springs 36: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Palm Springs 78: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Palm Springs 38: Ljubljana leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Palm Springs 40: Ljubljana leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Palm Springs 22: Ljubljana leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Palm Springs 44: Palm Springs leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Palm Springs 32: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Palm Springs 40: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Palm Springs 80: Palm Springs leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Palm Springs.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Palm Springs
42match

Wins on wellness 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

Palm Springs in July

42 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palm Springs has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Palm Springs: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Palm Springs (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaPalm Springs
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 m146 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsPalm Springs International Airport (PSP)2 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaPalm Springs
City population284,29344,575
People per km²1,736181
Museums within 10 km143
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.