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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Valparaiso?

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

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Valparaiso 50: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Valparaiso 62: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Valparaiso 60: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Valparaiso 33: Sarajevo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Valparaiso 44: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Valparaiso 30: Sarajevo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Valparaiso 60: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Valparaiso 38: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Valparaiso 18: Sarajevo leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and prices with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoValparaiso
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation518 m21 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoValparaiso
City population275,524296,655
People per km²1,9476,180
Museums within 10 km2517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.