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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Bordeaux 50, Sarajevo 6: Bordeaux leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Sarajevo 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Sarajevo 64: Bordeaux leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Sarajevo 44: Bordeaux leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Sarajevo 62: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Sarajevo 38: Bordeaux leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Sarajevo 60: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Sarajevo 40: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Sarajevo 40: Bordeaux leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxSarajevo
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
Elevation1 m518 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxSarajevo
City population267,991275,524
People per km²5,4251,947
Museums within 10 km1825
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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.