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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Shanghai?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • shopping
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade and Shanghai are level on 80.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Shanghai 25: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Shanghai 55: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Belgrade
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on shopping 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeShanghai
Official languageSerbianPutonghua
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation117 m4 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeShanghai
City population1,197,71424,870,895
People per km²3,3273,922
Museums within 10 km6545
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.