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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Lisbon?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Lisbon 75: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Lisbon 62: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Lisbon 55: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Lisbon 36: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Lisbon.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeLisbon
Official languageSerbianPortuguese
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m100 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeLisbon
City population1,197,714545,796
People per km²3,3275,453
Museums within 10 km6580
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.