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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Belgrade or Limassol?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Limassol for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’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, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Limassol 58: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Limassol 38: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Limassol 50: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Limassol 65: Limassol leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Limassol 76: Limassol leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Limassol 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade and Limassol are level on 42.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Limassol 44: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Limassol 32: Belgrade leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Limassol.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Limassol
52match

Wins on beaches 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

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °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

Limassol has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeLimassol
Official languageSerbianTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m10 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeLimassol
City population1,197,714107,970
People per km²3,3272,405
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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. 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.