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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Montreal?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Montreal for

  • wellness
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Montreal 75: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Montreal 66: Montreal leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Montreal 55: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Montreal 45: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Montreal.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on wellness and families 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

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 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). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeMontreal
Official languageSerbianFrench, English
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m31 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeMontreal
City population1,197,7141,895,211
People per km²3,3273,806
Museums within 10 km6537
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. 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.