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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Kyoto?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Kyoto for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Kyoto’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, Kyoto 15: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Kyoto 85: Kyoto leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Kyoto 35: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Kyoto 96: Kyoto leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Kyoto 68: Kyoto leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Kyoto 72: Kyoto leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Kyoto 50: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Kyoto 60: Kyoto leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Kyoto 70: Kyoto leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Kyoto.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Kyoto
Best match
66match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeKyoto
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 m51 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeKyoto
City population1,197,7141,463,723
People per km²3,3271,768
Museums within 10 km6577
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.