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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Venice?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Venice for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade and Venice are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Venice 94: Venice leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Venice 27: Belgrade leads by 53 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Venice 45: Belgrade leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Venice 86: Venice leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Belgrade and Venice are level on 45.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Venice 68: Venice leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Venice 57: Venice leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Venice 20: Belgrade leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Venice 62: Venice leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Venice 40: Venice leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Venice.

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.

Venice
55match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeVenice
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 m2 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeVenice
City population1,197,714250,369
People per km²3,327602
Museums within 10 km6552
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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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.