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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Gdansk?

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
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Gdansk for

  • families
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Gdansk’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 and Gdansk are level on 40.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Gdansk 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Gdansk 68: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Gdansk 52: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Gdansk 58: Gdansk leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Gdansk 62: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Gdansk 72: Gdansk leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade and Gdansk are level on 42.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Gdansk 68: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Gdansk 52: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Gdansk 36: Gdansk leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Gdansk.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and food and drink with your weighting.

Gdansk
55match

Wins on families and getting around 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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeGdansk
Official languageSerbianPolish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 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 m11 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeGdansk
City population1,197,714487,834
People per km²3,327714
Museums within 10 km6534
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.