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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
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Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Gold Coast?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Gold Coast’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, Gold Coast 92: Gold Coast leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Gold Coast 47: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Gold Coast 15: Belgrade leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Gold Coast 55: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Gold Coast 82: Gold Coast leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Gold Coast 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Gold Coast 89: Gold Coast leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Gold Coast 45: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Gold Coast 40: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Gold Coast 35: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Gold Coast 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Gold Coast 42: Gold Coast leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Gold Coast.

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 culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Gold Coast
52match

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeGold Coast
Official languageSerbianEnglish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193000
Elevation117 m12 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeGold Coast
City population1,197,714607,665
People per km²3,327433
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.