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Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

Porto 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 Porto for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Porto 40, Sarajevo 6: Porto leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Porto 70, Sarajevo 60: Porto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Porto 68, Sarajevo 64: Porto leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Porto 65, Sarajevo 44: Porto leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Porto 64, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Porto 79, Sarajevo 62: Porto leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Porto 52, Sarajevo 38: Porto leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Porto 66, Sarajevo 60: Porto leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Porto 52, Sarajevo 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Porto 62, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Porto 52, Sarajevo 40: Porto leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Porto 34, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Porto and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

Porto
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °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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PortoSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePortoSarajevo
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
Elevation104 m518 m
Main airportFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePortoSarajevo
City population273,476275,524
People per km²6,6061,947
Museums within 10 km4225
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.