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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
San JoseThe Winchester Mystery House

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Jose by Roxanna Salceda, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade or San Jose?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose San Jose for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on San Jose’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 30: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, San Jose 56: Belgrade leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, San Jose 36: Belgrade leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, San Jose 33: Belgrade leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, San Jose 72: San Jose leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, San Jose 78: San Jose leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, San Jose 65: San Jose leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, San Jose 30: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, San Jose 48: San Jose leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, San Jose 20: Belgrade leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, San Jose 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade and San Jose are level on 30.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and San Jose.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

San Jose
45match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

San Jose in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeSan Jose

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). San Jose: 1991-2020 normals, San Jose / Santa Clara Trailer Village (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSan Jose
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 m25 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)8 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSan Jose
City population1,197,7141,013,240
People per km²3,3272,167
Museums within 10 km6519
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.