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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • day trips

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. AlUla 3, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Belgrade 52: AlUla leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 75 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla 72, Belgrade 50: AlUla leads by 22 points.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 40 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Belgrade 45: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Belgrade 42: Belgrade leads by 27 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Belgrade 30: AlUla leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Belgrade.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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.

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Belgrade in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
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

AlUla 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. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaBelgrade
Official languageArabicSerbian
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsG60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation692 m117 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaBelgrade
City population32,4131,197,714
People per km²-3,327
Museums within 10 km265
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.