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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Botero sculptures on Plaza Botero, Medellin
MedellinBotero sculptures on Plaza Botero

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Medellin by Steffen Schmitz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Medellin?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Medellin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Medellin’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, Medellin 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Medellin 58: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Medellin 42: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Medellin 76: Belgrade leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Medellin 66: Medellin leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Medellin 58: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Medellin 50: Medellin leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Belgrade and Medellin are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Medellin 45: Medellin leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Medellin 80: Medellin leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Medellin 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade and Medellin are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Medellin.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Medellin
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Medellin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
133 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Medellin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Medellin: 1958-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Medellin / Olaya Herrera (5.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeMedellin
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193123
Elevation117 m1,405 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsJose Maria Córdova International Airport (MDE)19 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeMedellin
City population1,197,7142,529,403
People per km²3,3276,644
Museums within 10 km6514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.