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Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Hurghada 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 Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • 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. Hurghada 84, Sarajevo 6: Hurghada leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Hurghada 34, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hurghada 14, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Hurghada 40, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hurghada 72, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hurghada 30, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Hurghada 62, Sarajevo 38: Hurghada leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hurghada 22, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Hurghada 24, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Hurghada and Sarajevo are level on 80.
Live music & performing arts. Hurghada 10, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hurghada 44, Sarajevo 42: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hurghada and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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HurghadaSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHurghadaSarajevo
Official languageArabicCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation11 m518 m
Main airportHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHurghadaSarajevo
City population214,247275,524
People per km²-1,947
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.