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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco 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 Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Acapulco 80, Belgrade 40: Acapulco leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Belgrade 52: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco and Belgrade are level on 50.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Acapulco and Belgrade are level on 45.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Belgrade 42: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Belgrade 70: Acapulco leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Belgrade 30: Acapulco leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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AcapulcoBelgrade

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoBelgrade
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSerbian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation18 m117 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoBelgrade
City population658,6091,197,714
People per km²3503,327
Museums within 10 km365
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.