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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Cardiff?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • food and drink

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

Choose Cardiff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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, Cardiff 30: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Cardiff 45: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Cardiff 58: Cardiff leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Cardiff 50: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Cardiff 70: Cardiff leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Cardiff 72: Cardiff leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Cardiff 58: Cardiff leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Cardiff 66: Cardiff leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Cardiff 46: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Cardiff 57: Cardiff leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Cardiff 27: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Cardiff.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Cardiff
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeCardiff
Official languageSerbianEnglish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112 or 999
Elevation117 m41 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeCardiff
City population1,197,714383,536
People per km²3,3272,734
Museums within 10 km659
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.