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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el-Sheikh
Sharm el-SheikhThe lighthouse and harbour at Sharm el-Sheikh

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Sharm el-Sheikh by Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Sharm el-Sheikh?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Sharm el-Sheikh for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Sharm el-Sheikh’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, Sharm el-Sheikh 87: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Sharm el-Sheikh 12: Sarajevo leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Sharm el-Sheikh 42: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Sharm el-Sheikh 82: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Sharm el-Sheikh 30: Sarajevo leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Sharm el-Sheikh 62: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Sharm el-Sheikh 22: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Sharm el-Sheikh 25: Sarajevo leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Sharm el-Sheikh 74: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Sharm el-Sheikh 10: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Sharm el-Sheikh 50: Sharm el-Sheikh leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Sharm el-Sheikh.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Sharm el-Sheikh
44match

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

Sharm el-Sheikh in July

38 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sharm el-Sheikh 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). Sharm el-Sheikh: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSharm el-Sheikh
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianArabic
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation518 m1 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSharm El Sheikh International Airport (SSH)16 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSharm el-Sheikh
City population275,52473,000
People per km²1,947-
Museums within 10 km251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.