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The domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi
Abu DhabiThe domes and minarets of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Abu Dhabi by Jeffry Surianto, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Abu Dhabi or Belgrade?

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 Abu Dhabi for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Belgrade’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. Abu Dhabi 78, Belgrade 40: Abu Dhabi leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Abu Dhabi 55, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Abu Dhabi 64, Belgrade 52: Abu Dhabi leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Abu Dhabi 34, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Abu Dhabi 28, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Abu Dhabi 45, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Abu Dhabi 82, Belgrade 45: Abu Dhabi leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Abu Dhabi 24, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Abu Dhabi 50, Belgrade 42: Abu Dhabi leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Abu Dhabi 38, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Abu Dhabi 32, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Abu Dhabi 46, Belgrade 30: Abu Dhabi leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Abu Dhabi and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Abu Dhabi
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Abu Dhabi in July

43 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
33 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Abu Dhabi's temperatures are measured 26 km from the centre, at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Abu Dhabi 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. Abu Dhabi: 1991-2020 normals, Abu Dhabi International Airport (25.7 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAbu DhabiBelgrade
Official languageArabicSerbian
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation14 m117 m
Main airportZayed International Airport (AUH)26 km from centre147 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAbu DhabiBelgrade
City population1,570,0001,197,714
People per km²1,6153,327
Museums within 10 km365
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C11 months-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.