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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Avignon or Sarajevo?

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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarajevo’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. Avignon 22, Sarajevo 6: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Sarajevo 64: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Sarajevo 62: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Sarajevo 38: Avignon leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Sarajevo 60: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Sarajevo 40: Avignon leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Sarajevo.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Avignon
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Avignon has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonSarajevo
Official languageFrenchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m518 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonSarajevo
City population92,188275,524
People per km²1,4201,947
Museums within 10 km1125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.