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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Belgrade or San Francisco?

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
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, San Francisco 58: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, San Francisco 80: San Francisco leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, San Francisco 14: Belgrade leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 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). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSan Francisco
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m16 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSan Francisco
City population1,197,714873,965
People per km²3,3271,455
Museums within 10 km6551
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. 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.