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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

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

Belgrade or Porto?

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
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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 and Porto are level on 40.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Porto 70: Porto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Porto 68: Porto leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Porto 65: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Porto 64: Porto leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Porto 79: Porto leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Porto 52: Porto leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Porto 66: Porto leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Porto 52: Porto leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Porto 62: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Porto 52: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Porto 34: Porto leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Porto.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradePorto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradePorto
Official languageSerbianPortuguese
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m104 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradePorto
City population1,197,714273,476
People per km²3,3276,606
Museums within 10 km6542
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.