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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Essaouira?

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

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Essaouira for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Essaouira’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, Essaouira 47: Essaouira leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Essaouira 44: Belgrade leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Essaouira 48: Belgrade leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Essaouira 14: Belgrade leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Essaouira 57: Essaouira leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Essaouira 17: Belgrade leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Essaouira 42: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Essaouira 58: Essaouira leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Essaouira 44: Essaouira leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Essaouira 74: Essaouira leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Essaouira 28: Belgrade leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Essaouira 66: Essaouira leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Essaouira.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and day trips with your weighting.

Essaouira
45match

Wins on wellness and beaches 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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Essaouira has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeEssaouira
Official languageSerbianArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation117 m11 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeEssaouira
City population1,197,71482,962
People per km²3,32716,592
Museums within 10 km652
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.