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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Dubai?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Dubai for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubai’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, Dubai 80: Dubai leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Dubai 76: Dubai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Dubai 40: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Dubai 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Dubai 25: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Dubai 45: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Dubai 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Dubai 82: Dubai leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Dubai 32: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Dubai 40: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Dubai 46: Dubai leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Dubai.

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 prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Dubai
54match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °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). Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeDubai
Official languageSerbianArabic
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)UAE Dirham (AED)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m0 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeDubai
City population1,197,7143,944,751
People per km²3,327-
Museums within 10 km6514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.