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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Savannah?

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 Sarajevo for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Savannah for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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. Sarajevo 6, Savannah 55: Savannah leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Savannah 58: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Savannah 48: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Savannah 60: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Savannah 50: Savannah leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Savannah 58: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Savannah 42: Savannah leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Savannah 35: Sarajevo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Savannah 40: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Savannah.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Sarajevo
51match

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

Savannah
51match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SarajevoSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSavannah
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian-
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation518 m15 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSavannah
City population275,524147,780
People per km²1,947524
Museums within 10 km2519
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 months

Where else could you go?

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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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.