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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Siena?

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
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Siena leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Siena 62: Siena leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Siena 78: Siena leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Siena 27: Sarajevo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Siena 65: Sarajevo leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Siena 94: Siena leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo and Siena are level on 38.
Getting around. Sarajevo and Siena are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Siena 35: Sarajevo leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Siena 42: Sarajevo leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Siena 36: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Siena 55: Siena leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Siena.

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
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Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Siena
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Wins on day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSiena
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianItalian
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation518 m322 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSiena
City population275,52452,812
People per km²1,947446
Museums within 10 km2530
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.