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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Ljubljana or San Francisco?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: San Francisco leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana and San Francisco are level on 80.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, San Francisco 72: Ljubljana leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, San Francisco 70: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, San Francisco 14: Ljubljana leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana and San Francisco are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
53match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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LjubljanaSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSan Francisco
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 m16 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSan Francisco
City population284,293873,965
People per km²1,7361,455
Museums within 10 km1451
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.