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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Belgrade or New Orleans?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, New Orleans 42: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, New Orleans 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Belgrade and New Orleans are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, New Orleans 40: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, New Orleans 25: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and New Orleans.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

New Orleans
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink 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

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeNew Orleans
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m-2 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeNew Orleans
City population1,197,714383,997
People per km²3,327423
Museums within 10 km6516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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. 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.