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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • 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. Luxor and Sarajevo are level on 6.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Sarajevo 64: Luxor leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Sarajevo 44: Sarajevo leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Luxor and Sarajevo are level on 62.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Sarajevo 38: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Sarajevo 80: Luxor leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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

Luxor 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. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorSarajevo
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
Elevation89 m518 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorSarajevo
City population202,232275,524
People per km²4861,947
Museums within 10 km425
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.