Belgrade: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Belgrade is the capital of Serbia (Central Serbia), 120 m (394 ft) above sea level. The nearest large airport is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre. It has a dozen or more railway stations on record, including Belgrade Main railway station. Our booking partner lists 3,098+ places to stay.
Key facts
Daylight in Belgrade runs from about 8 h 51 min a day in late December to 15 h 39 min in late June (computed for 44.8° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
Belgrade is served by one airport with scheduled flights. The closest large one is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre, whose 11,483-ft runway is long enough for long-haul wide-body aircraft.
Flights to Belgrade: every airport, routes and times
By rail: stations on record include Belgrade Main railway station, Belgrade Centre railway station, New Belgrade railway station, Zemun railway station, Topčider railway station, Zemun Polje railway station. Trains to Belgrade
Buses to Belgrade · Driving and car hire
Where to stay
Our booking partner lists 3,098+ places to stay in Belgrade (statistics below are from the first 1,000). Of the 822 with a star rating, the largest group is 4-star (676), and 9 are five-star. Across 576 properties with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 9.2 out of 10. Guests have left 373,238 reviews in total.
Hotels in Belgrade: the full picture, and book
Our booking partner lists 65 hostels in Belgrade, out of 3,098 places to stay of every kind — 2.1% of everywhere it lists in the city, around the middle of the range for the cities we hold figures for. Across 38 hostels with at least 50 reviews, the average guest score is 8.6 out of 10, 0.6 below the 9.2 its hotels average. Guests have left 20,455 reviews across them.
Hostels in Belgrade: the full picture, and book
What people come for
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Belgrade Youth Center | 180,000 | — |
| Historical Archives of Belgrade | 8,000 | — |
The busiest is Belgrade Youth Center at 180,000 visitors. Figures are the latest each site has published, so they are not all for the same year.
Tours, tickets and day trips from Belgrade
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- Budapest, 319 km (Hungary) — flights
- Sofia, 328 km (Bulgaria) — flights · trains
- Sarajevo, 199 km (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — flights · trains · buses · car rental · tours
- Zagreb, 368 km (Croatia) — flights
- Pristina, 244 km (Kosovo) — flights
- Skopje, 322 km (North Macedonia) — flights · trains
- Tirana, 390 km (Albania) — flights · trains
- Cluj-Napoca, 327 km (Romania) — flights
- Timişoara, 121 km (Romania) — buses · car rental · tours
- Niš, 201 km — flights · buses · car rental · tours
Twin towns and sister cities: Tunis, Dayton, New Delhi, Skopje, Ljubljana, Oslo, Beijing, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Athens, Vienna, Stockholm Municipality, Kyiv, Udine.
Common questions
Which airport serves Belgrade?
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG), 12 km (7 mi) from the centre.
How big is Belgrade?
About 1.3 million people live in Belgrade, across 360 km² (GeoNames and Wikidata).
What time zone is Belgrade in?
Europe/Belgrade, currently UTC+2.
What currency is used in Belgrade?
The Dinar (RSD). Traffic drives on the right.
Are there hostels in Belgrade?
65 of them, bookable on this site. Hostels in Belgrade.
How many hotels are there in Belgrade?
Our booking partner lists 3,098 or more places to stay in Belgrade, bookable on this site.
Which cities are near Belgrade?
Budapest (319 km), Sofia (328 km), Sarajevo (199 km), Zagreb (368 km), Pristina (244 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.