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A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan
The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka

Photos: San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License; Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0.

San Juan 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 Juan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • day trips

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 Juan 84, Sarajevo 6: San Juan leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. San Juan 66, Sarajevo 60: San Juan leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. San Juan and Sarajevo are level on 64.
Nightlife. San Juan 70, Sarajevo 44: San Juan leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. San Juan 74, Sarajevo 78: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. San Juan 52, Sarajevo 62: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. San Juan 58, Sarajevo 38: San Juan leads by 20 points.
Getting around. San Juan 38, Sarajevo 60: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. San Juan 50, Sarajevo 40: San Juan leads by 10 points.
Affordability. San Juan 38, Sarajevo 80: Sarajevo leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. San Juan 55, Sarajevo 40: San Juan leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. San Juan 40, Sarajevo 42: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: San Juan and Sarajevo.

Your match

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

San Juan
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °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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San JuanSarajevo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre). Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSan JuanSarajevo
Official languageSpanish, EnglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation3 m518 m
Main airportLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year21 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSan JuanSarajevo
City population342,259275,524
People per km²2,8471,947
Museums within 10 km1825
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.