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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Faro?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Faro for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Faro leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Faro 48: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Faro 35: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Faro 32: Belgrade leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Faro 62: Faro leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Faro 64: Faro leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Faro 60: Faro leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Faro 60: Faro leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Faro 35: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Faro 60: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Faro 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Faro 33: Faro leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Faro.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Faro
49match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeFaro
Official languageSerbianPortuguese
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m10 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeFaro
City population1,197,71464,560
People per km²3,327319
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.