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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Cannes?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Cannes’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, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Cannes 55: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Cannes 38: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Cannes 42: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Cannes 72: Cannes leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Cannes 56: Cannes leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Cannes 68: Cannes leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Cannes 22: Belgrade leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Cannes 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Cannes 42: Cannes leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Cannes.

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 nightlife with your weighting.

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeCannes
Official languageSerbianFrench
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m0 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeCannes
City population1,197,71474,350
People per km²3,3273,793
Museums within 10 km6516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.