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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Manchester?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Manchester for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Belgrade leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Manchester 51: Belgrade leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Manchester 50: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Manchester 72: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Manchester 64: Manchester leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Manchester 42: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Manchester 15: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Manchester.

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
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Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeManchester
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 m38 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeManchester
City population1,197,714547,627
People per km²3,3274,737
Museums within 10 km6528
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.