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

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

La Paz 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 La Paz for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • wellness
  • families
  • 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. La Paz 3, Sarajevo 6: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. La Paz 50, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. La Paz 52, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. La Paz 38, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. La Paz 82, Sarajevo 78: La Paz leads by 4 points.
Day trips. La Paz 40, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. La Paz 10, Sarajevo 38: Sarajevo leads by 28 points.
Getting around. La Paz 45, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. La Paz 45, Sarajevo 40: La Paz leads by 5 points.
Affordability. La Paz 92, Sarajevo 80: La Paz leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. La Paz 35, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. La Paz 12, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: La Paz and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

La Paz
42match

Wins on prices and shopping with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

La Paz in July

13 °Cdaytime high
-2 °Cnight-time low
16 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Sarajevo in July

28 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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

La Paz has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. La Paz: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLa PazSarajevo
Official languageSpanish, Aymara, Quechua, GuaraniCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyBoliviano (BOB)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAC50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3,640 m518 m
Main airportEl Alto International Airport (LPB)6 km from centre12 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLa PazSarajevo
City population755,732275,524
People per km²1,6011,947
Museums within 10 km2125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.