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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Siena?

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
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Belgrade leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Siena 62: Siena leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Siena 78: Siena leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Siena 27: Belgrade leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Siena 65: Siena leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Siena 94: Siena leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Siena 38: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Siena 60: Siena leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Siena 35: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Siena 42: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Siena 36: Belgrade leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Siena 55: Siena leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Siena.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Belgrade
53match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Siena
51match

Wins on day trips 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
15 hdaylight a day

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeSiena
Official languageSerbianItalian
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193112
Elevation117 m322 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeSiena
City population1,197,71452,812
People per km²3,327446
Museums within 10 km6530
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05

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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.