August is Serbia's busiest month, with 12.0% of 2025's tourist nights, and February the quietest, with 6.3%. July and August together carried 23.0% of the year, making Serbia the second least seasonal of 35 European countries we measured. September was quieter than June, at 8.6% against 9.1%.
Serbia, month by month
- Two busiest months
- Other months
When is Serbia busiest, and when is it quietest?
August was the busiest month in 2025, with 12.0% of the year's tourist nights. February was the quietest, with 6.3%. That makes August 1.9 times as busy as February.1
Seven months each carried less than an average month's share of 8.3%: January, February, March, April, October, November and December.
Who stays in Serbia: residents or guests from abroad?
In 2025, guests living abroad spent 49.4% of Serbia's tourist nights. Residents of Serbia spent the rest.1
- Highest share from abroad
- Other months
The share from abroad was highest in December, at 56.5% of that month's nights, and lowest in August, at 45.0%.1
Residents spent more than half of the month's nights in January, February, May, June, July and August. Guests from abroad spent more than half in March, April, September, October, November and December.
Eurostat counts guests by the country they live in, not by nationality.2
How seasonal is Serbia compared with the rest of Europe?
July and August together carried 23.0% of Serbia's nights. Ranked by that share, Serbia is the second least seasonal of the 35 European countries we measured, where 1 is the country most concentrated into its two busiest months.1
For comparison, the most seasonal country on this measure was Croatia at 54.5%, and the least seasonal was Malta at 21.8%. See all 35 countries ranked.
How full are Serbia's hotels each month?
Hotel rooms were fullest in May, when 51.1% were in use, and emptiest in March, at 36.7%.3
- Fullest month
- Other months
This is Eurostat's net occupancy rate of bedrooms: bedrooms in use divided by bedrooms available. It covers hotels and similar places only, not campsites or holiday lets, so it can peak in a different month from the nights figures above.2
How long do guests stay in Serbia?
Guests stayed an average of 2.8 nights each time they checked in at tourist accommodation in Serbia in 2025: 12,282,212 nights across 4,346,691 arrivals.4 Across the 33 countries on this site with complete figures, the average ran from 1.5 nights in Iceland to 4.7 in Cyprus.4
This is our division of Eurostat's two counts. Eurostat counts an arrival each time a guest checks in at a place to stay, so a traveller who moves between places is counted more than once, and a whole trip is longer than the figure suggests.2
What are Serbia's public holidays in 2026 and 2027?
In Serbia, public holidays fall on 12 days in 2026 and 10 in 2027.5 In 2026, 4 of those days are a Saturday or Sunday.5 When a state holiday falls on a Sunday, the next working day is a day off; religious holidays are not moved. Members of other faiths have further days off for their own holidays.
| Holiday | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day Нова година | Thu 1 January | Fri 1 January |
| New Year (second day) Нова година | Fri 2 January | Sat 2 January |
| Orthodox Christmas Day Први дан Божића | Wed 7 January | Thu 7 January |
| Statehood Day (Sretenje) Сретење - Дан државности Србије | Sun 15 February | Mon 15 February |
| Statehood Day (second day) Сретење - Дан државности Србије | Mon 16 February | Tue 16 February |
| Good Friday (Orthodox) Велики петак | Fri 10 April | Fri 30 April |
| Holy Saturday (Orthodox) Васкршњи празници | Sat 11 April | Sat 1 May |
| Easter Sunday (Orthodox) Васкрс | Sun 12 April | Sun 2 May |
| Easter Monday (Orthodox) други дан Васкрса | Mon 13 April | Mon 3 May |
| Labour Day Празник рада | Fri 1 May | Sat 1 May |
| Labour Day (second day) Празник рада | Sat 2 May | Sun 2 May |
| Armistice Day (First World War) Дан примирја у Првом светском рату | Wed 11 November | Thu 11 November |
We took these from the law or the government's own list, not from a holiday website, and worked out the dates that move each year, such as Easter, from the rules in the law. Regional and local holidays are not included.
What is the weather like in Belgrade each month?
Averaged over 1991–2020, the Beograd weather station, which we use for Belgrade, is warmest in August, with an average high of 29.7 °C, and coldest in January, with an average low of −0.7 °C. Its wettest month is June (96 mm of rain on average) and its driest February (44 mm).6
In February, Serbia's quietest month, the station's average high is 7.8 °C and its average low 0.6 °C, with 44 mm of rain. In August, the busiest, the average high is 29.7 °C.6
In February the station averages 7.0 days with at least 1 mm of rain and 107 hours of sunshine.6 On 15 February the sun is up for about 10 h 30 min there, against 14 h 5 min on 15 August.7
| Month | Average high | Average low | Rain | Rainy days | Sunshine | Daylight on the 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2 °C | −0.7 °C | 48 mm | 8.0 days | 79 h | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 7.8 °C | 0.6 °C | 44 mm | 7.0 days | 107 h | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 13.1 °C | 4.2 °C | 49 mm | 7.4 days | 163 h | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 18.8 °C | 8.8 °C | 52 mm | 8.0 days | 200 h | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 23.6 °C | 13.2 °C | 72 mm | 9.4 days | 241 h | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 27.1 °C | 16.7 °C | 96 mm | 9.4 days | 272 h | 15 h 35 min |
| July | 29.3 °C | 18.4 °C | 67 mm | 6.6 days | 299 h | 15 h 15 min |
| August | 29.7 °C | 18.5 °C | 55 mm | 6.3 days | 281 h | 14 h 5 min |
| September | 24.3 °C | 14.1 °C | 59 mm | 6.8 days | 206 h | 12 h 35 min |
| October | 18.7 °C | 9.4 °C | 55 mm | 6.8 days | 166 h | 11 h |
| November | 12.2 °C | 5.1 °C | 50 mm | 7.0 days | 102 h | 9 h 35 min |
| December | 6.1 °C | 0.5 °C | 55 mm | 8.2 days | 67 h | 8 h 50 min |
Thirty-year averages from one weather station, Beograd, which we use for Belgrade. They describe a typical year at that station, not a forecast, and weather varies across Serbia. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain. Daylight is not measured: it is our calculation of the time from sunrise to sunset.
June or September? May or October?
September was quieter than June, at 8.6% against 9.1%.
October was quieter than May, at 8.1% against 9.3%.
These compare months at similar distances from the summer peak. For typical weather in Belgrade, see the weather section.
What these figures cannot tell you
These figures are good at one thing: showing when a country's registered tourist accommodation fills up. Four things they cannot do.
They miss some small places. The counts cover hotels, holiday and short-stay accommodation and campsites, but countries may exclude establishments with fewer than ten bed places, so small guesthouses can be missing.2
Nights are not queues. A national monthly total cannot see how busy one old town, beach or museum is on a given day.
Tourist nights say nothing about weather or prices. The weather section uses 30-year averages from one station, not a forecast. We have not published price data, because we have not verified any.
They are one year. These are 2025 figures. Patterns shift from year to year, and Eurostat revises its data as countries update their returns.
The full year
| Month | Share of year | Nights | From abroad |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8% | 962,206 | 47.6% |
| February | 6.3% | 772,751 | 48.9% |
| March | 6.4% | 786,013 | 52.0% |
| April | 7.4% | 914,206 | 52.1% |
| May | 9.3% | 1,146,407 | 46.3% |
| June | 9.1% | 1,119,187 | 46.7% |
| July (one of the two busiest months) | 11.0% | 1,355,534 | 47.9% |
| August (one of the two busiest months) | 12.0% | 1,474,847 | 45.0% |
| September | 8.6% | 1,058,767 | 51.5% |
| October | 8.1% | 998,024 | 51.6% |
| November | 6.7% | 828,290 | 52.3% |
| December | 7.1% | 865,980 | 56.5% |
Total for 2025: 12,282,212 nights, 49.4% of them by guests living abroad. The two busiest months are marked. "From abroad" is the share of that month's nights spent by guests living outside Serbia.
Key takeaways
- February was Serbia's quietest month in 2025, with 6.3% of the year's tourist nights.
- July and August were the busiest, carrying 23.0% of the year between them.
- Serbia ranks 34 of 35 European countries for seasonal concentration, where 1 is the most concentrated.
- Guests living abroad spent 49.4% of Serbia's 2025 tourist nights; residents spent the rest.
- Hotel rooms were fullest in May (51.1% in use) and emptiest in March (36.7%).
- Public holidays in Serbia fall on 12 days in 2026 and 10 in 2027.
- September was quieter than June, at 8.6% against 9.1%.
- What we would skip: assuming every shoulder month is equally quiet. In Serbia, June carried 9.1% of the year's nights against September's 8.6%.
Sources
The tourism and hotel figures on this page come from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, which receives them from each country's national statistical authority. The weather averages come from the World Meteorological Organization's 1991–2020 climate normals, published by the US National Centers for Environmental Information. We downloaded the data directly and calculated the shares, rankings and comparisons ourselves. See how we research.
- Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_NIM, accessed 25 September 2026. Dataset last updated by Eurostat on 22 September 2026. Extract: number of nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests and split by guests resident in the country and abroad, January–December 2025.
- Eurostat, Tourist accommodation reference metadata, on collection by national authorities under Regulation (EU) 692/2011, the definition of a night spent, country of residence, and the ten-bed-place threshold. Read it. Checked 17 September 2026.
- Source: Eurostat, Net occupancy rate of bed-places and bedrooms in hotels and similar accommodation – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_MNOR, accessed 22 September 2026. Extract: bedrooms, percentage, January–December 2025.
- Source: Eurostat, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments – monthly data, doi:10.2908/TOUR_OCC_ARM, with the nights data (tour_occ_nim), accessed 25 September 2026. Extract: number of arrivals and nights, NACE codes I55.1–I55.3, all guests, January–December 2025. Average stay is our calculation: nights divided by arrivals.
- Public holidays: Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Државни и верски празници Републике Србије, setting out the Law on State and Other Holidays (Official Gazette 43/01, 101/07, 92/11). Read it. Accessed 23 September 2026.
- Weather: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808), station Beograd (station ID 00013274), mean daily maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation and number of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation, and total hours of sunshine, normals computed from at least 24 years. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. doi:10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed 22 September 2026. Released by NOAA under CC0.
- Daylight: our calculation of the time from sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month of 2026 at the weather station's location, by the method of the NOAA Solar Calculator (NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, “Solar Calculation Details”, based on Jean Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms, allowing 0.833° for refraction and the size of the sun). Read it. Checked 22 September 2026. NOAA notes that calculated times can differ from what is observed.
Modified data. The monthly shares, residence shares, rankings and comparisons are our own calculations from Eurostat's counts. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so they may not add exactly. Eurostat bears no responsibility for these calculations or for how the figures are presented here. Rainfall is rounded to the nearest millimetre; temperatures are shown as published.