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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Ljubljana or Puerto Plata?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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, Puerto Plata 80: Puerto Plata leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Puerto Plata 40: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Puerto Plata 35: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Puerto Plata 38: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Puerto Plata 68: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Puerto Plata 48: Ljubljana leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Puerto Plata 57: Puerto Plata leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Puerto Plata 30: Ljubljana leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Puerto Plata 30: Ljubljana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Puerto Plata 18: Ljubljana leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Puerto Plata 35: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Puerto Plata.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Plata 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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaPuerto Plata
Official languageSloveneSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m34 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaPuerto Plata
City population284,293-
People per km²1,736-
Museums within 10 km141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.