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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The old Bath House in the Government Gardens, Rotorua
RotoruaThe old Bath House in the Government Gardens

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rotorua by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Rotorua?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Rotorua for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotorua’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, Rotorua 33: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Rotorua 33: Belgrade leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Rotorua 38: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Rotorua 14: Belgrade leads by 66 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Rotorua 45: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Rotorua 68: Rotorua leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Rotorua 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Rotorua 22: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Rotorua 36: Belgrade leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Rotorua 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Rotorua 86: Rotorua leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Rotorua.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Rotorua
43match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Rotorua in July

11 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
113 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotorua has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Rotorua: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeRotorua
Official languageSerbianEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193111
Elevation117 m280 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsRotorua Regional Airport (ROT)7 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeRotorua
City population1,197,71458,500
People per km²3,32722
Museums within 10 km651
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.