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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Sorrento?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Sorrento for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sorrento’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, Sorrento 60: Sorrento leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Sorrento 60: Sorrento leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Sorrento 32: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Sorrento 28: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana and Sorrento are level on 80.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Sorrento 95: Sorrento leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Sorrento 42: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Sorrento 58: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Sorrento 38: Sorrento leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Sorrento 32: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Sorrento 20: Ljubljana leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Sorrento 48: Sorrento leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Sorrento.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sorrento
49match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSorrento
Official languageSloveneItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation309 m50 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSorrento
City population284,29315,407
People per km²1,7361,541
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km35
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.