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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Mexico City?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade and Mexico City are level on 80.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade and Mexico City are level on 50.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Mexico City 50: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Mexico City.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeMexico City
Official languageSerbianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m2,240 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeMexico City
City population1,197,7149,209,944
People per km²3,3276,202
Museums within 10 km65108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06

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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. 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.