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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Stockholm?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Stockholm for

  • shopping
  • families
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Stockholm leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Stockholm 77: Stockholm leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Stockholm 57: Stockholm leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Stockholm 72: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Stockholm 68: Ljubljana leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Stockholm 30: Ljubljana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Stockholm 65: Stockholm leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Stockholm.

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.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping 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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaStockholm
Official languageSloveneSwedish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation309 m22 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaStockholm
City population284,293984,748
People per km²1,7365,260
Museums within 10 km14266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.