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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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. Bath 10, Sarajevo 6: Bath leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Sarajevo 64: Bath leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Sarajevo 62: Bath leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Sarajevo 38: Bath leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Sarajevo 60: Bath leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Sarajevo 40: Bath leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Sarajevo 40: Bath leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Sarajevo 42: Bath leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Bath
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Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Sarajevo
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Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathSarajevo
Official languageEnglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m518 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathSarajevo
City population94,092275,524
People per km²3,2451,947
Museums within 10 km1725
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.