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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Ljubljana or Saint-Tropez?

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
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Saint-Tropez 48: Ljubljana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Saint-Tropez 35: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Saint-Tropez 72: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Saint-Tropez 57: Ljubljana leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Saint-Tropez 42: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Saint-Tropez 32: Ljubljana leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 31 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Saint-Tropez 8: Ljubljana leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Saint-Tropez 18: Ljubljana leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Saint-Tropez 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 Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °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

Saint-Tropez 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.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSaint-Tropez
Official languageSloveneFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation309 m0 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSaint-Tropez
City population284,2933,582
People per km²1,736320
Museums within 10 km144
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.