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The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Phuket 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 Phuket for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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. Phuket 90, Sarajevo 6: Phuket leads by 84 points.
Food & drink. Phuket 66, Sarajevo 60: Phuket leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Phuket 35, Sarajevo 64: Sarajevo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Phuket 72, Sarajevo 44: Phuket leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Phuket 80, Sarajevo 78: Phuket leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Phuket 45, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Phuket 65, Sarajevo 38: Phuket leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Phuket 22, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Phuket 42, Sarajevo 40: Phuket leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Phuket 68, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Phuket 20, Sarajevo 40: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Phuket 82, Sarajevo 42: Phuket leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Phuket and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Phuket
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on getting around 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.

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhuketSarajevo
Official languageThaiCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyBaht (THB)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199112
Elevation19 m518 m
Main airportPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhuketSarajevo
City population77,610275,524
People per km²6,4681,947
Museums within 10 km225
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.