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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

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

Belgrade or Victoria Falls?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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, Victoria Falls 7: Belgrade leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Victoria Falls 24: Belgrade leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Victoria Falls 12: Belgrade leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Victoria Falls 8: Belgrade leads by 72 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Victoria Falls 22: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Victoria Falls 38: Belgrade leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Victoria Falls 45: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Victoria Falls 18: Belgrade leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Victoria Falls 32: Belgrade leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Victoria Falls 10: Belgrade leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Victoria Falls.

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.

Victoria Falls
29match

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

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeVictoria Falls
Official languageSerbianEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 92/192, ambulance 94/194, fire 93/193999
Elevation117 m961 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeVictoria Falls
City population1,197,71433,060
People per km²3,327-
Museums within 10 km652
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.