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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Hiroshima?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Hiroshima 45: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Hiroshima 62: Hiroshima leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Hiroshima 80: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Hiroshima 58: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Hiroshima 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Hiroshima.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeHiroshima
Official languageSerbianJapanese
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation117 m3 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeHiroshima
City population1,197,7141,198,021
People per km²3,3271,324
Museums within 10 km6518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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. 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.