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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Toronto?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Toronto 50: Belgrade leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Toronto 62: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Toronto 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Toronto 34: Belgrade leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Toronto.

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 prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeToronto
Official languageSerbianFrench, English
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193911
Elevation117 m76 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeToronto
City population1,197,7142,794,356
People per km²3,3274,434
Museums within 10 km6532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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.