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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Sarajevo or Valencia?

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 Valencia for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Valencia 60: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Valencia 57: Sarajevo leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo and Valencia are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Valencia.

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.

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoValencia
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation518 m15 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoValencia
City population275,524840,792
People per km²1,9476,242
Museums within 10 km2545
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.