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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Calgary 8, Sarajevo 6: Calgary leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Sarajevo 78: Calgary leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Sarajevo 38: Calgary leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Sarajevo 40: Calgary leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Sarajevo 40: Calgary leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary and Sarajevo are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on families and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 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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CalgarySarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgarySarajevo
Official languageFrench, EnglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation1,045 m518 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgarySarajevo
City population1,306,784275,524
People per km²1,5831,947
Museums within 10 km1325
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Calgary or Sarajevo somewhere new.

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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). 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.