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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Monaco 68, Sarajevo 6: Monaco leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Sarajevo 44: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Sarajevo 62: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Sarajevo 38: Monaco leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Sarajevo 60: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Sarajevo 40: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Sarajevo 40: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Sarajevo 42: Monaco leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

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

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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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MonacoSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoSarajevo
Official languageFrenchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation68 m518 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoSarajevo
City population38,857275,524
People per km²18,5031,947
Museums within 10 km1425
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.