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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Flinders Street Station, Melbourne
MelbourneFlinders Street Station

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Melbourne by Medelam, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Melbourne?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Melbourne for

  • families
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Melbourne’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, Melbourne 50: Melbourne leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Melbourne 75: Melbourne leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Melbourne 57: Melbourne leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Melbourne 75: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Melbourne 62: Melbourne leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Melbourne 73: Melbourne leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Melbourne 76: Melbourne leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Melbourne 70: Melbourne leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Melbourne 31: Belgrade leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Melbourne 72: Melbourne leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Melbourne 54: Melbourne leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Melbourne.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Melbourne
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

Melbourne in July

14 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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). Melbourne: 1991-2020 normals, Latrobe University / Kingsbury (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeMelbourne
Official languageSerbianEnglish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193000
Elevation117 m31 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMelbourne Airport (MEL)19 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeMelbourne
City population1,197,7145,350,705
People per km²3,327535
Museums within 10 km6543
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.