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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Lima?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Lima 88: Lima leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Lima 66: Lima leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Lima 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Lima 45: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Lima 34: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Lima 42: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Lima 35: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Lima 52: Lima leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade and Lima are level on 70.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Lima 53: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Lima 25: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Lima
51match

Wins on food and drink and culture and sights 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeLima
Official languageSerbianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193111 or 911
Elevation117 m154 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeLima
City population1,197,7149,943,800
People per km²3,3273,721
Museums within 10 km6547
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.