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A palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay, Akumal
AkumalA palm-lined beach on Akumal Bay
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Akumal by Alfonzo Buscemi, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Akumal 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 Akumal for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Akumal 88, Belgrade 40: Akumal leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Akumal 28, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Akumal 6, Belgrade 52: Belgrade leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Akumal 7, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 73 points.
Nature & outdoors. Akumal 77, Belgrade 50: Akumal leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Akumal 68, Belgrade 60: Akumal leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Akumal 70, Belgrade 45: Akumal leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Akumal 18, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Akumal 7, Belgrade 42: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Akumal 36, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Akumal 4, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Akumal 55, Belgrade 30: Akumal leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Akumal and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Akumal
39match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Akumal in July

30 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Where the figures come from

Akumal has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Akumal: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAkumalBelgrade
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaSerbian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation11 m117 m
Main airportCancún International Airport (CUN)85 km from centre135 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAkumalBelgrade
City population2,1541,197,714
People per km²-3,327
Museums within 10 km065
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.