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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Ljubljana or Paris?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Ljubljana leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Paris 96: Paris leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Paris 97: Paris leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Paris 80: Paris leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Paris 52: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Paris 92: Paris leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Paris 79: Paris leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Paris 88: Paris leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Paris 98: Paris leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Paris 25: Ljubljana leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Paris 88: Paris leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Paris 40: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaParis
Official languageSloveneFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation309 m27 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaParis
City population284,2932,103,778
People per km²1,73619,960
Museums within 10 km14251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.