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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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. Palermo 77, Sarajevo 6: Palermo leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Sarajevo 60: Palermo leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Sarajevo 64: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Sarajevo 44: Palermo leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo 72, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Sarajevo 62: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Sarajevo 38: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo 44, Sarajevo 40: Palermo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Sarajevo 40: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoSarajevo
Official languageItalianCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation14 m518 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoSarajevo
City population630,167275,524
People per km²3,9241,947
Museums within 10 km4225
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.