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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach, St. Pete Beach
St. Pete BeachThe pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; St. Pete Beach by Jeffrey Eisen, Pexels License.

Ljubljana or St. Pete Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose St. Pete Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Pete Beach’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, St. Pete Beach 87: St. Pete Beach leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, St. Pete Beach 40: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, St. Pete Beach 18: Ljubljana leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, St. Pete Beach 28: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, St. Pete Beach 57: Ljubljana leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, St. Pete Beach 58: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, St. Pete Beach 72: St. Pete Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, St. Pete Beach 30: Ljubljana leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, St. Pete Beach 20: Ljubljana leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, St. Pete Beach 32: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, St. Pete Beach 20: Ljubljana leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana and St. Pete Beach are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and St. Pete Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

St. Pete Beach
42match

Wins on beaches and families 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

St. Pete Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
185 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

St. Pete Beach 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.

St. Pete Beach's sunshine is measured 34 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). St. Pete Beach: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (12.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSt. Pete Beach
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m2 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)21 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSt. Pete Beach
City population284,2938,879
People per km²1,736173
Museums within 10 km142
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.