Belgrade or Cologne?
Two destinations compared on nine measures of openly sourced data. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.
Your match
Wins on value for money and sights concentration with your weighting.
Wins on nature & day trips and good for families with your weighting.
What matters to you?
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Scoreboard
Each measure scored 0 to 100. Open a row for the figures behind the score.
Beaches & swimming. Belgrade and Cologne are level on 0.
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 0 | 0 |
| Swim season months | 0 | 0 |
| Beaches 10 km | 9 | 40 |
| Coast distance | 292 km | 256 km |
| Water distance | — | — |
Places to eat. Cologne leads by 9 points.9
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 63 | 72 |
| Restaurants within 2 km of centre | 776 | 1,142 |
| Effective number of cuisines within 2 km | 29 | 35 |
Museums & heritage. Cologne leads by 7 points.7
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 53 | 60 |
| Museums within 10 km | 67 | 47 |
| Museums within 2 km of centre | 47 | 27 |
| Share of museums within 2 km % | 70 | 57 |
| Unesco sites within 50 km | 0 | 3 |
Nightlife. Belgrade leads by 1 points.1
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 65 | 64 |
| Drinking venues within 4 km | 1,163 | 1,107 |
| Drinking venues within 2 km of centre | 841 | 727 |
| Share of drinking venues within 2 km % | 72 | 66 |
| Nightclubs within 4 km | 130 | 90 |
Nature & day trips. Cologne leads by 33 points.33
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 38 | 71 |
| Protected land share 50 km % | 6 | 53 |
| Landscape blanket share 50 km % | 2 | 52 |
| Land share of disc % | 100 | 100 |
| Park area within 2 km | 147 hectares | 118 hectares |
Good for families. Cologne leads by 21 points.21
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 51 | 72 |
| Tourist attractions within 2 km | 14 | 43 |
| Park area within 2 km | 147 hectares | 118 hectares |
| Theme parks within 30 km | 1 | 6 |
Sights concentration. Belgrade leads by 15 points.15
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 68 | 53 |
| Notable places within 2 km | 190 | 81 |
| Min wikipedia languages | 5 | 5 |
Value for money. Belgrade leads by 25 points.25
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 85 | 60 |
| Price level global | 41.7 | 75.9 |
| Daily budget | €99 | €163 |
Year-round weather. Belgrade leads by 5 points.5
| Belgrade | Cologne | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 65 | 60 |
| Monthly daytime high | 5 °C to 29.7 °C | 6.3 °C to 25 °C |
| Monthly rainfall | 44 mm to 95 mm | 48 mm to 81 mm |
| Dry months | 0 | 0 |
When should you go?
The figures behind each month. Each row is shaded against that destination's own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that measure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.
Temperature and rainfall are thirty-year climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre).
Getting there
| Flying from | Belgrade | Cologne |
|---|---|---|
| IstanbulIST, SAW | 1 h 35 m €185-297 BEG · 12 km | 3 h 0 m €145-156 CGN · 15 km |
| AntalyaAYT | 2 h 10 m €210-235 1 stop BEG · 12 km | 3 h 30 m €204-239 1 stop CGN · 15 km |
| PalmaPMI | 2 h 30 m no fares BEG · 12 km | 2 h 10 m no fares CGN · 15 km |
| LondonLHR, LGW, STN, LTN +2 | 2 h 40 m €103-154 BEG · 12 km | 1 h 20 m no fares CGN · 15 km |
| ViennaVIE | 1 h 15 m €138-153 BEG · 12 km | 1 h 35 m €126-182 CGN · 15 km |
| ZurichZRH | 1 h 45 m €203-237 BEG · 12 km | 1 h 10 m €174-186 1 stop CGN · 15 km |
| MunichMUC | 1 h 35 m €124-196 BEG · 12 km | 1 h 10 m no fares CGN · 15 km |
| BarcelonaBCN | 2 h 30 m €90-147 BEG · 12 km | 2 h 0 m €77-159 CGN · 15 km |
| MilanMXP, BGY, LIN | 1 h 45 m €42-60 BEG · 12 km | 1 h 20 m €81-121 CGN · 15 km |
| HurghadaHRG | 3 h 20 m €271-340 2 stops BEG · 12 km | 4 h 45 m no fares CGN · 15 km |
The busiest departure cities for these two, with a place kept for each other part of the world. Busiest means arriving passengers where an official count exists, and where none does, the number of non-stop services flown: official route statistics are published by the European reporting countries and by nobody else, so a table ranked on them alone would offer a reader in New York or Tokyo ten European cities. Flying times are estimated from the distance between airports, and every row is a city flown non-stop to both. Where the typical offer connects anyway, the stops are shown. Under each figure is the airport the flight lands at and how far that is from the centre, because the nearest airport is not always the one a route is flown to. Where both columns name the same airport it is one flight, and the difference between the two is the distance printed beside it. Typical return fares for 2026-08 to 2026-10, cached market data up to 7 days old. The figure is the middle half of the offers found, so a single price means they agreed and a range means they did not; for a typical route that middle half spans about a quarter of the median, and for the least settled routes rather more than the median itself.
Before you go
| Measure | Belgrade | Cologne |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | Serbian | German |
| Currency | Serbian Dinar (RSD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | CF230 V, 50 Hz | CF230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer |
| Emergency number | Police 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193 | 112 |
| Elevation | 117 m | 59 m |
| Main airport | Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre123 non-stop destinations | Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre113 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Belgrade | Cologne |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 1,197,714 | 1,024,621 |
| People per km² | 3,327 | 2,530 |
| Museums within 10 km | 65 | 40 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 3 |
| Distinct cuisines in the centre | 62 | 84 |
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