Christmas comes twice in Belgrade. The Western calendar has it on 25 December, the Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates on 7 January, and the Serbian New Year gets its own fireworks on the night of 13 January. For anyone raised on the Filipino Christmas season, the one that starts in September, a city that stretches the holidays into mid-January should feel strangely familiar. The difference is the cold. December in Belgrade averages a high of 5°C and a low of 0°C.

This Belgrade winter travel guide is written for Philippine passport holders and OFWs, not for travelers who can cross the border with a passport and nothing else. It covers what the trip costs in pesos, how to fly there from Manila, which visa you need (and the shortcut many OFWs already hold), the Christmas market dates, and whether Kopaonik, Serbia’s biggest ski resort, is worth a few days if you have never stood on snow. Prices were checked on 18 October 2026, and every peso figure comes with the rate we used.

Some links below are affiliate links. If you book through them we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you, which keeps guides like this free. Rodi Solutions and Rodi Jobs, mentioned near the end, are run by this post’s author. The visa rules here are general information, not immigration advice, so confirm your own case with the Serbian authorities before you book.

Belgrade in winter: the quick answer

• Visa: a Philippine passport needs a Serbian Visa C, fee EUR 90 (about PHP 6,380), unless you hold a valid Schengen, UK, EU or US visa, or a residence permit from the Schengen area, the EU or the US.
• Flights: no direct flight from Manila. Expect one stop via Shanghai, Doha, Guangzhou or Istanbul, and roughly…

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