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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The top of the Mountaintop Express lift on Vail Mountain, Vail
VailThe top of the Mountaintop Express lift on Vail Mountain

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vail by DReifGalaxyM31, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Vail?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Vail for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vail’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, Vail 5: Belgrade leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Vail 35: Belgrade leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Vail 10: Belgrade leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Vail 30: Belgrade leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Vail 92: Vail leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Vail 45: Belgrade leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Vail 55: Vail leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Vail 62: Vail leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Vail 35: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Vail 5: Belgrade leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Vail 42: Belgrade leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Vail 48: Vail leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Vail.

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.

Vail
39match

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

Vail in July

29 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
35 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

Vail's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Kremmling.

Vail's station stands 186 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Vail 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). Vail: 2006-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kremmling (46.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeVail
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 m2,445 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsEagle County Regional Airport (EGE)48 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeVail
City population1,197,7144,835
People per km²3,327400
Museums within 10 km651
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.