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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill, Halifax
HalifaxThe Old Town Clock on Citadel Hill

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

Belgrade or Halifax?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Halifax for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Halifax’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, Halifax 32: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Halifax 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Halifax 42: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Halifax 46: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Halifax 62: Halifax leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Halifax 63: Halifax leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Halifax 55: Halifax leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Halifax 48: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Halifax 35: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Halifax 38: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Halifax 46: Belgrade leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Halifax 28: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Halifax.

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 prices with your weighting.

Halifax
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Halifax in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeHalifax

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Halifax: 1991-2020 normals, Shearwater Airport (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeHalifax
Official languageSerbianFrench, English
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m28 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsHalifax / Stanfield International Airport (YHZ)26 km from centre40 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeHalifax
City population1,197,714440,072
People per km²3,32780
Museums within 10 km6515
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.