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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Belgrade or Virginia Beach?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade 60, Virginia Beach 42: Belgrade leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Virginia Beach 30: Belgrade leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Virginia Beach 37: Belgrade leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Virginia Beach 56: Virginia Beach leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Virginia Beach 64: Virginia Beach leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Virginia Beach 27: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Virginia Beach 32: Belgrade leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Virginia Beach 40: Belgrade leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Virginia Beach 38: Belgrade leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Virginia Beach 32: Virginia Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Virginia Beach.

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 prices with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeVirginia Beach
Official languageSerbian-
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)US Dollar (USD)
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 m7 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeVirginia Beach
City population1,197,714459,470
People per km²3,327-
Museums within 10 km652
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.