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The Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh
EdinburghThe Scott Monument and Princes Street Gardens
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Edinburgh by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • 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. Edinburgh 22, Sarajevo 6: Edinburgh leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Edinburgh 53, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Edinburgh 75, Sarajevo 64: Edinburgh leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Edinburgh 50, Sarajevo 44: Edinburgh leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Edinburgh 75, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Edinburgh 75, Sarajevo 62: Edinburgh leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Edinburgh 62, Sarajevo 38: Edinburgh leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Edinburgh 74, Sarajevo 60: Edinburgh leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Edinburgh 50, Sarajevo 40: Edinburgh leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Edinburgh 30, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Edinburgh 72, Sarajevo 40: Edinburgh leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Edinburgh 34, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Edinburgh and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Edinburgh
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Edinburgh in July

19 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
17 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

Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at Leuchars.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Edinburgh: 1991-2020 normals, Edinburgh Airport (10 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEdinburghSarajevo
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
Elevation47 m518 m
Main airportEdinburgh Airport (EDI)11 km from centre163 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureEdinburghSarajevo
City population488,050275,524
People per km²1,8841,947
Museums within 10 km3225
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.