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A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Amsterdam 25, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Belgrade 52: Amsterdam leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Belgrade 60: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Belgrade 45: Amsterdam leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Belgrade 55: Amsterdam leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Belgrade 42: Amsterdam leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Belgrade 55: Amsterdam leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Belgrade 30: Amsterdam leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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

Amsterdam 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.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamBelgrade
Official languageDutchSerbian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation-2 m117 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamBelgrade
City population921,4681,197,714
People per km²4,2083,327
Museums within 10 km10165
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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.