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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Belgrade or London?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, London 84: London leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, London 94: London leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, London 88: London leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, London 57: London leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, London 90: London leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, London 82: London leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, London 85: London leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, London 95: London leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, London 15: Belgrade leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, London 98: London leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, London 40: London leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and London.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeLondon
Official languageSerbianEnglish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112 or 999
Elevation117 m4 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeLondon
City population1,197,7148,799,728
People per km²3,3275,598
Museums within 10 km65216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.