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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach, St. Pete Beach
St. Pete BeachThe pink Don CeSar hotel seen from the beach

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; St. Pete Beach by Jeffrey Eisen, Pexels License.

Sarajevo or St. Pete Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Pete Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Pete Beach’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, St. Pete Beach 87: St. Pete Beach leads by 81 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, St. Pete Beach 40: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, St. Pete Beach 18: Sarajevo leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, St. Pete Beach 28: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, St. Pete Beach 57: Sarajevo leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, St. Pete Beach 58: Sarajevo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, St. Pete Beach 72: St. Pete Beach leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, St. Pete Beach 30: Sarajevo leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, St. Pete Beach 20: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, St. Pete Beach 32: Sarajevo leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, St. Pete Beach 20: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo and St. Pete Beach are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and St. Pete Beach.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

St. Pete Beach
42match

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

St. Pete Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
185 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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

St. Pete Beach 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.

St. Pete Beach's sunshine is measured 34 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). St. Pete Beach: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (12.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoSt. Pete Beach
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 m2 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)21 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoSt. Pete Beach
City population275,5248,879
People per km²1,947173
Museums within 10 km252
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. 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.