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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Salvador?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Salvador 52: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Salvador 56: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Salvador 42: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Salvador 42: Ljubljana leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Salvador 32: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Salvador.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSalvador
Official languageSlovenePortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation309 m8 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSalvador
City population284,2932,417,678
People per km²1,7363,489
Museums within 10 km1449
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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.