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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Johannesburg?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Johannesburg 58: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Johannesburg 56: Johannesburg leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Johannesburg 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Johannesburg 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Johannesburg 42: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Johannesburg 18: Belgrade leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade and Johannesburg are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on shopping and nature and the outdoors 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
15 hdaylight a day

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeJohannesburg
Official languageSerbianEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m1,753 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeJohannesburg
City population1,197,7144,803,262
People per km²3,3272,922
Museums within 10 km6514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02

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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. 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.