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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Steamboat Springs?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Steamboat Springs 30: Ljubljana leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Steamboat Springs 14: Ljubljana leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Steamboat Springs 20: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Steamboat Springs 12: Ljubljana leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Steamboat Springs 46: Ljubljana leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Steamboat Springs 22: Ljubljana leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Steamboat Springs 17: Ljubljana leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Steamboat Springs 28: Ljubljana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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
15 hdaylight a day

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Steamboat Springs 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaSteamboat Springs
Official languageSlovene-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation309 m2,052 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaSteamboat Springs
City population284,29313,224
People per km²1,736503
Museums within 10 km140
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30

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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. 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.