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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose, San Jose, Costa Rica
San Jose, Costa RicaThe Metropolitan Cathedral of San Jose

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Jose, Costa Rica by Bernard Gagnon, CC0.

Belgrade or San Jose, Costa Rica?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose San Jose, Costa Rica for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose, Costa Rica’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 Jose, Costa Rica 12: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, San Jose, Costa Rica 42: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, San Jose, Costa Rica 40: Belgrade leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, San Jose, Costa Rica 78: San Jose, Costa Rica leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, San Jose, Costa Rica 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, San Jose, Costa Rica 44: Belgrade leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, San Jose, Costa Rica 36: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, San Jose, Costa Rica 54: Belgrade leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, San Jose, Costa Rica 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, San Jose, Costa Rica 28: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and San Jose, Costa Rica.

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 beaches with your weighting.

San Jose, Costa Rica
41match

Wins on 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
15 hdaylight a day

San Jose, Costa Rica in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
173 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeSan Jose, Costa Rica

Where the figures come from

San Jose, Costa Rica's station stands 241 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). San Jose, Costa Rica: 1991-2020 normals, Juan Santamaria (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSan Jose, Costa Rica
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m1,161 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsJuan Santamaría International Airport (SJO)16 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSan Jose, Costa Rica
City population1,197,714335,007
People per km²3,3277,511
Museums within 10 km659
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.