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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Tunis?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tunis for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo and Tunis are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Tunis 33: Sarajevo leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Tunis 45: Sarajevo leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo and Tunis are level on 38.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Tunis 48: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Tunis 38: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Tunis.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoTunis
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianArabic
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation518 m4 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoTunis
City population275,524602,560
People per km²1,9472,834
Museums within 10 km2516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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.