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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Belgrade for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Beijing 6, Belgrade 40: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Belgrade 60: Beijing leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Belgrade 52: Beijing leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Belgrade 80: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Belgrade 50: Beijing leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Belgrade 60: Beijing leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Belgrade 45: Beijing leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Belgrade 55: Beijing leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Belgrade 42: Beijing leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Belgrade 70: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Belgrade 55: Beijing leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Belgrade 30: Beijing leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Belgrade.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingBelgrade
Official languagePutonghuaSerbian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Serbian Dinar (RSD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193
Elevation43 m117 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingBelgrade
City population21,893,0951,197,714
People per km²1,3343,327
Museums within 10 km8365
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km60

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.