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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

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

Belgrade or Ghent?

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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Ghent 55: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Ghent 35: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Ghent 38: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Ghent 33: Ghent leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Ghent.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeGhent
Official languageSerbianFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 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 m12 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeGhent
City population1,197,714272,657
People per km²3,3271,728
Museums within 10 km6530
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.