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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Tokyo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Tokyo 68: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 57 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 59 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Tokyo 48: Sarajevo leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
51match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SarajevoTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoTokyo
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianJapanese
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation518 m6 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoTokyo
City population275,52414,264,798
People per km²1,9476,501
Museums within 10 km25192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.