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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Portland?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Portland for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Portland 68: Portland leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Portland 38: Ljubljana leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Portland 52: Portland leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Portland 84: Portland leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Portland 58: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Portland 55: Portland leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Portland 62: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Portland 52: Portland leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Portland 38: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Portland 55: Portland leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana and Portland are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Portland.

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 day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Portland
52match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaPortland
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 m152 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaPortland
City population284,293652,503
People per km²1,7361,736
Museums within 10 km1417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.