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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or New York?

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

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

Choose New York for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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 York 50: New York leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, New York 92: New York leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, New York 89: New York leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, New York 97: New York leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, New York 55: New York leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, New York 68: New York leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, New York 70: New York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, New York 82: New York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, New York 97: New York leads by 55 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, New York 12: Belgrade leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, New York 99: New York leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, New York 42: New York leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and New York.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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 York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeNew York
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
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 m25 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeNew York
City population1,197,7148,804,190
People per km²3,3277,256
Museums within 10 km65157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.