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The Church of Saint Sava, Belgrade
BelgradeThe Church of Saint Sava
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Belgrade by Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Belgrade or Warsaw?

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

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Warsaw for

  • culture and sights
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Belgrade leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Belgrade and Warsaw are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Belgrade 52, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Belgrade 80, Warsaw 66: Belgrade leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belgrade 50, Warsaw 47: Belgrade leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Belgrade 60, Warsaw 52: Belgrade leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Belgrade 45, Warsaw 62: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Belgrade 55, Warsaw 72: Warsaw leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Belgrade 42, Warsaw 55: Warsaw leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Belgrade 70, Warsaw 64: Belgrade leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belgrade 55, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belgrade 30, Warsaw 35: Warsaw leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belgrade and Warsaw.

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 beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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BelgradeWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belgrade: 1991-2020 normals, Beograd (2.1 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelgradeWarsaw
Official languageSerbianPolish
CurrencySerbian Dinar (RSD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE50 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 m118 m
Main airportBelgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)12 km from centre125 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelgradeWarsaw
City population1,197,7141,862,402
People per km²3,3273,601
Museums within 10 km65117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.