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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Sarajevo or Venice?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Venice for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Venice leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo and Venice are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Venice 94: Venice leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Venice 27: Sarajevo leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Venice 45: Sarajevo leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Venice 86: Venice leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Venice 45: Venice leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Venice 68: Venice leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Venice 57: Venice leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Venice 20: Sarajevo leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Venice 62: Venice leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Venice 40: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Venice.

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.

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 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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Where the figures come from

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoVenice
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianItalian
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation518 m2 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoVenice
City population275,524250,369
People per km²1,947602
Museums within 10 km2552
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.