Belgrade - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there any particular mental health issues that tend to crop up at post, such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (winter blues)?
Not really. In mid December there are only around 6.5 hours of sunlight, but it's still much better than other places I've lived. If that is a particular sensitivity bring a SAD lamp. They are not supplied by the Embassy. - Oct 2024
Not to my knowledge. - Sep 2019
If you tend to get the winter blues, then, yes. I did. Night falls around 3;30 pm in December, January. For me, it was bad the first year (after 13 years without experiencing winter at all.) It got better, the second year. I never liked it, but you get used to it and wait for spring to come, and it does come. Otherwise, it's a great posting. - Jan 2019
It is dark at 3:30 pm in December. So, yes, long nights. Winter is not overly harsh. There are beautiful days often until the end of November. We didn't see a lot of snow, during our five years. Some, but not a lot. Spring can be beautiful. Summer gets really hot in Belgrade. I did get really depressed with the winter blues, the first year, after 13 years of no winter at all, but it got better. Now, we are in Africa and I see pictures of winter in Serbia and I almost miss it (almost). - Dec 2018
