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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Manila?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Manila for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Manila 64: Manila leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Manila 54: Manila leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Manila 64: Belgrade leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Manila 40: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Manila 42: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Manila 42: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Manila 26: Belgrade leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Manila 60: Manila leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Manila 77: Manila leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Manila 50: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Manila 40: Manila leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Manila.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeManila
Official languageSerbianEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m9 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeManila
City population1,197,7141,902,590
People per km²3,32776,104
Museums within 10 km6527
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.