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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Chengdu?

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
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Chengdu 68: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Chengdu 50: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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
15 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
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). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeChengdu
Official languageSerbianPutonghua
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation117 m500 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeChengdu
City population1,197,71420,937,757
People per km²3,3271,456
Museums within 10 km6510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.