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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Denver?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Denver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Denver’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, Denver 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Denver 54: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Denver 44: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Denver 47: Belgrade leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Denver 84: Denver leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Denver 57: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Denver 67: Denver leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Denver 40: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Denver 44: Denver leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Denver 36: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Denver 66: Denver leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Denver 40: Denver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Denver.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Denver
49match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeDenver

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeDenver
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m1,609 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeDenver
City population1,197,714715,522
People per km²3,3271,783
Museums within 10 km6526
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.