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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Havana 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 Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • 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. Havana 64, Sarajevo 6: Havana leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Sarajevo 64: Havana leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Sarajevo 44: Havana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Sarajevo 38: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Sarajevo 40: Havana leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 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: Havana and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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

Havana 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSarajevo
Official languageSpanishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m518 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSarajevo
City population2,492,618275,524
People per km²3,4231,947
Museums within 10 km1225
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.