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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Lisbon 50, Sarajevo 6: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Sarajevo 60: Lisbon leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Sarajevo 64: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Sarajevo 44: Lisbon leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Sarajevo 62: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Sarajevo 38: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Sarajevo 60: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Sarajevo 40: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Sarajevo 40: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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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LisbonSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonSarajevo
Official languagePortugueseCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m518 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonSarajevo
City population545,796275,524
People per km²5,4531,947
Museums within 10 km8025
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.