Course & Elevation
The Ljubljana Marathon (Ljubljanski maraton) is Slovenia's largest running event, held over a weekend in the third week of October. The City of Ljubljana organises it and the Društvo Timing Ljubljana association runs it. The weekend opens on Saturday with children's, school and 10 km races, and on Sunday the marathon and half marathon start together at 09:00 on Slovenska cesta near Trg Ajdovščina. Both finish on Kongresni trg in the city centre. The courses run through the middle of Ljubljana and its outskirts on closed roads, and the organiser describes the marathon route as flat, with eight food stations and six water stations. The time limit is 6 hours; runners who pass 20 km slower than 2 hours 45 minutes gross are diverted to the finish and ranked in the half marathon results. The first race was held on 27 October 1996, when 673 runners took part, 153 of them in the marathon. In 2026, the 30th edition, 22,509 runners entered the marathon and half marathon, and both course records were broken: 2:04:55 for men (Enock Onchari) and 2:19:17 for women (Haftamnesh Tesfay).
Course Facts
Weather
Typical climate for the race month — an estimate, not a forecast or a race-day record
11°C
Temperature
75%
Humidity
42%
Rain Chance
Mid-October in Ljubljana is cool and often damp: average highs are around 16°C and lows about 8°C, with some rain on around 13 days of the month when light rain is counted.
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