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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Durban 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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Durban 80, Sarajevo 6: Durban leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Durban and Sarajevo are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Sarajevo 38: Durban leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Sarajevo 40: Durban leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban and Sarajevo are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban 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

Durban
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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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DurbanSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanSarajevo
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m518 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanSarajevo
City population595,061275,524
People per km²2,6341,947
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.