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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Barcelona’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. Barcelona 75, Belgrade 40: Barcelona leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Belgrade 60: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Belgrade 52: Barcelona leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Belgrade 80: Barcelona leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Belgrade 50: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Belgrade 60: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Belgrade 45: Barcelona leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Belgrade 55: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Belgrade 42: Barcelona leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Belgrade 55: Barcelona leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Belgrade 30: Barcelona leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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.

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaBelgrade
Official languageSpanishSerbian
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
Elevation9 m117 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaBelgrade
City population1,731,6491,197,714
People per km²17,0943,327
Museums within 10 km9565
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.