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The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

San Francisco 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 San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • food and drink

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices

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. San Francisco 25, Sarajevo 6: San Francisco leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. San Francisco 82, Sarajevo 60: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. San Francisco 68, Sarajevo 64: San Francisco leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. San Francisco 58, Sarajevo 44: San Francisco leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Francisco 80, Sarajevo 78: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
Day trips. San Francisco 72, Sarajevo 62: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Good for families. San Francisco 66, Sarajevo 38: San Francisco leads by 28 points.
Getting around. San Francisco 70, Sarajevo 60: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. San Francisco 58, Sarajevo 40: San Francisco leads by 18 points.
Affordability. San Francisco 14, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 66 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Francisco 76, Sarajevo 40: San Francisco leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Francisco and Sarajevo are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Francisco and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

San Francisco
Best match
59match

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

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °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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San FranciscoSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan FranciscoSarajevo
Official language-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation16 m518 m
Main airportSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan FranciscoSarajevo
City population873,965275,524
People per km²1,4551,947
Museums within 10 km5125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.