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The Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church, Ljubljana
LjubljanaThe Triple Bridge and the Franciscan Church
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Ljubljana by detait, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Ljubljana or York?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose York for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Ljubljana 55, York 42: Ljubljana leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Ljubljana 55, York 70: York leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Ljubljana 40, York 36: Ljubljana leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ljubljana 80, York 62: Ljubljana leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Ljubljana 78, York 80: York leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Ljubljana 54, York 60: York leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Ljubljana 74, York 72: Ljubljana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Ljubljana 33, York 46: York leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Ljubljana 54, York 38: Ljubljana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ljubljana 50, York 38: Ljubljana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ljubljana 42, York 34: Ljubljana leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ljubljana and York.

Your match

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

Ljubljana
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ljubljana: 1991-2020 normals, Ljubljana / Bezigrad (1.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLjubljanaYork
Official languageSloveneEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation309 m25 m
Main airportLjubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU)20 km from centre32 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLjubljanaYork
City population284,293208,400
People per km²1,736766
Museums within 10 km1424
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.