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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Los Angeles?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • families
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Los Angeles 67: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Belgrade and Los Angeles are level on 60.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Los Angeles 25: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Los Angeles 24: Belgrade leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeLos Angeles
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m106 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeLos Angeles
City population1,197,7143,898,747
People per km²3,3272,994
Museums within 10 km6539
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.