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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Telluride?

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 Telluride for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Telluride 38: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Telluride 20: Belgrade leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Telluride 20: Belgrade leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Telluride 30: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Belgrade and Telluride are level on 45.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Telluride 25: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Telluride 7: Belgrade leads by 63 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Telluride 35: Belgrade leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Telluride.

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.

Telluride
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 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

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeTelluride
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m2,667 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeTelluride
City population1,197,7142,607
People per km²3,3271,372
Museums within 10 km650
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.