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Galena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain, Aspen
AspenGalena Street with the runs of Aspen Mountain
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Aspen by Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Aspen 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 Aspen for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Aspen 6, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Aspen 45, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Aspen 22, Belgrade 52: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Aspen 40, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Aspen 95, Belgrade 50: Aspen leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Aspen 30, Belgrade 60: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Aspen 55, Belgrade 45: Aspen leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Aspen 72, Belgrade 55: Aspen leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Aspen 50, Belgrade 42: Aspen leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Aspen 5, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Aspen 50, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Aspen 50, Belgrade 30: Aspen leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Aspen and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Aspen
43match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Aspen in July

27 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
33 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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

Aspen 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. Aspen: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Aspen / Woody Creek (5.2 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAspenBelgrade
Official language-Serbian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation2,405 m117 m
Main airportAspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE)5 km from centre11 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAspenBelgrade
City population7,0041,197,714
People per km²7003,327
Museums within 10 km265
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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). 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.