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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Belgrade or Valparaiso?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Belgrade leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Valparaiso 50: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Valparaiso 56: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Valparaiso 33: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Valparaiso 44: Belgrade leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Valparaiso 30: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Valparaiso 60: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Valparaiso 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Valparaiso 18: Belgrade leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Belgrade
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeValparaiso
Official languageSerbianSpanish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation117 m21 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeValparaiso
City population1,197,714296,655
People per km²3,3276,180
Museums within 10 km6517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. 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.