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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Buenos AiresThe Teatro Colón

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Buenos Aires by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Buenos Aires?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Buenos Aires for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Buenos Aires’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, Buenos Aires 7: Belgrade leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Buenos Aires 71: Buenos Aires leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Buenos Aires 95: Buenos Aires leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Buenos Aires 38: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Belgrade and Buenos Aires are level on 60.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Buenos Aires 52: Buenos Aires leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Buenos Aires 62: Buenos Aires leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Buenos Aires 60: Buenos Aires leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Buenos Aires 55: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Buenos Aires 75: Buenos Aires leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Buenos Aires 28: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Buenos Aires.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Buenos Aires
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Buenos Aires in July

15 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeBuenos Aires

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Buenos Aires: 1991-2020 normals, Aeroparque Bs. As. Aerodrome (4.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeBuenos Aires
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193117 or 911
Elevation117 m25 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsEzeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)28 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeBuenos Aires
City population1,197,7143,121,707
People per km²3,32715,355
Museums within 10 km6576
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.