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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Seville?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Seville for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Seville leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Seville 73: Seville leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Seville 82: Seville leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Seville 62: Seville leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Seville 52: Sarajevo leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Seville 80: Seville leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Seville 55: Seville leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Seville 72: Seville leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Seville 55: Seville leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Seville 58: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
51match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SarajevoSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSeville
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation518 m18 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSeville
City population275,524689,423
People per km²1,9474,896
Museums within 10 km2524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.