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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Paris?

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

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

Choose Paris for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Belgrade leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Paris 96: Paris leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Paris 97: Paris leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade and Paris are level on 80.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Paris 52: Paris leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Paris 92: Paris leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Paris 79: Paris leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Paris 98: Paris leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Paris 25: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Paris 40: Paris leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeParis
Official languageSerbianFrench
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m27 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeParis
City population1,197,7142,103,778
People per km²3,32719,960
Museums within 10 km65251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04

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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. 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.