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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Cork 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 Cork for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Cork 25, Sarajevo 6: Cork leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Sarajevo 62: Cork leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Sarajevo 38: Cork leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cork and Sarajevo are level on 40.
Affordability. Cork 33, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Sarajevo 40: Cork leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Cork
45match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °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

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSarajevo
Official languageEnglish, IrishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m518 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSarajevo
City population222,333275,524
People per km²5,9611,947
Museums within 10 km525
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.