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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Salvador?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Salvador for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Salvador 70: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Salvador 52: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Salvador 56: Belgrade leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Salvador 42: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Salvador 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade and Salvador are level on 42.
Affordability. Belgrade and Salvador are level on 70.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Salvador.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSalvador
Official languageSerbianPortuguese
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation117 m8 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSalvador
City population1,197,7142,417,678
People per km²3,3273,489
Museums within 10 km6549
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.