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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, Valparaiso 50: Ljubljana leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, Valparaiso 60: Ljubljana leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, Valparaiso 63: Ljubljana leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, Valparaiso 33: Ljubljana leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, Valparaiso 44: Ljubljana leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, Valparaiso 30: Ljubljana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, Valparaiso 38: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, Valparaiso 18: Ljubljana leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and Valparaiso.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaValparaiso
Official languageSloveneSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation309 m21 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaValparaiso
City population284,293296,655
People per km²1,7366,180
Museums within 10 km1417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.