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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • prices

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. Athens 70, Belgrade 40: Athens leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Belgrade 60: Athens leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Belgrade 52: Athens leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Athens and Belgrade are level on 80.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Belgrade 50: Athens leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Belgrade 60: Athens leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Belgrade 45: Athens leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Belgrade 55: Athens leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Belgrade 42: Athens leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Belgrade 55: Athens leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Belgrade 30: Athens leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensBelgrade
Official languageGreekSerbian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation74 m117 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensBelgrade
City population643,4521,197,714
People per km²16,4993,327
Museums within 10 km8865
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.