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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Salt Lake City?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake City’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, Salt Lake City 12: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Salt Lake City 40: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Salt Lake City 42: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Salt Lake City 30: Belgrade leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Salt Lake City 34: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Salt Lake City 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Salt Lake City 36: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Salt Lake City 40: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade and Salt Lake City are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Salt Lake City.

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.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSalt Lake City
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m1,288 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSalt Lake City
City population1,197,714199,723
People per km²3,327690
Museums within 10 km6512
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00

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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. 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.