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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Charleston by NealVickers, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Charleston?

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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Charleston’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, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Charleston 72: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Charleston 64: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Charleston 44: Belgrade leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Charleston 62: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Charleston 60: Charleston leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Charleston 46: Belgrade leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Charleston 55: Charleston leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Charleston 27: Belgrade leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Charleston 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Charleston 40: Charleston leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Charleston.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Belgrade
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Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Charleston
53match

Wins on beaches 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

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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). Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeCharleston
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m6 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeCharleston
City population1,197,714150,227
People per km²3,327532
Museums within 10 km6519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.