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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The main beach with the green hills behind, Sayulita
SayulitaThe main beach with the green hills behind

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Sayulita by Luisalvaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Sayulita?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sayulita for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Sayulita’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, Sayulita 80: Sayulita leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Sayulita 42: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Sayulita 7: Sarajevo leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Sayulita 33: Sarajevo leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Sayulita 72: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Sayulita 42: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Sayulita 42: Sayulita leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Sayulita 48: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Sayulita 33: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Sayulita 45: Sarajevo leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Sayulita 12: Sarajevo leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Sayulita 58: Sayulita leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Sayulita.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Sayulita
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Sayulita in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
342 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SarajevoSayulita

Where the figures come from

Sayulita has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Sayulita: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSayulita
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation518 m2 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)29 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSayulita
City population275,5243,390
People per km²1,947-
Museums within 10 km250
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.