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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Montego Bay?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Montego Bay 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Montego Bay 28: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Montego Bay 42: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Montego Bay 65: Montego Bay leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Montego Bay 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Montego Bay 20: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Montego Bay 25: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Montego Bay 38: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Montego Bay 32: Belgrade leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeMontego Bay
Official languageSerbianEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation117 m19 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeMontego Bay
City population1,197,714123,994
People per km²3,327-
Museums within 10 km650
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.