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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Bodrum?

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 Belgrade for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Bodrum for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Bodrum’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. Belgrade 40, Bodrum 80: Bodrum leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade and Bodrum are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Bodrum 45: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Bodrum 65: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Bodrum 60: Bodrum leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Bodrum 72: Bodrum leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Bodrum 66: Bodrum leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Bodrum 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Bodrum 45: Bodrum leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Bodrum 38: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Bodrum 32: Belgrade leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Bodrum 52: Bodrum leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Bodrum.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Bodrum
55match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeBodrum
Official languageSerbianTurkish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m10 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeBodrum
City population1,197,714175,000
People per km²3,327314
Museums within 10 km654
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.