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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
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Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Bangkok 12, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Belgrade 60: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Belgrade 52: Bangkok leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Belgrade 80: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Belgrade 50: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Belgrade 60: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Belgrade 45: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Belgrade 42: Bangkok leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Belgrade 70: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Belgrade 55: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Belgrade 30: Bangkok leads by 45 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Belgrade
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokBelgrade
Official languageThaiSerbian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation2 m117 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokBelgrade
City population5,676,6481,197,714
People per km²3,6193,327
Museums within 10 km5965
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.