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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Florence?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Florence for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Florence’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, Florence 14: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Florence 74: Florence leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Florence 94: Florence leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Florence 42: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Florence 58: Florence leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Florence 98: Florence leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Belgrade and Florence are level on 45.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Florence 78: Florence leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Florence 72: Florence leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Florence 35: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Florence 58: Florence leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Florence 42: Florence leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Florence.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeFlorence
Official languageSerbianItalian
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m50 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeFlorence
City population1,197,714360,930
People per km²3,3273,528
Museums within 10 km65141
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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.