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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Dublin?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Dublin’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, Dublin 27: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Dublin 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Dublin 64: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Dublin 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Dublin 70: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Dublin 72: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Dublin 57: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Dublin 66: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Dublin 54: Dublin leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Dublin 20: Belgrade leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Dublin 65: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Dublin 25: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Dublin.

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.

Dublin
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Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights 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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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). Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeDublin
Official languageSerbianEnglish, Irish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m20 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeDublin
City population1,197,714592,713
People per km²3,3275,154
Museums within 10 km6540
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.