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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or West Palm Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, West Palm Beach 52: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, West Palm Beach 42: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, West Palm Beach 36: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, West Palm Beach 58: Sarajevo leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, West Palm Beach 55: Sarajevo leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, West Palm Beach 38: Sarajevo leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, West Palm Beach 23: Sarajevo leads by 57 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, West Palm Beach 47: West Palm Beach leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and West Palm Beach.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

West Palm Beach
50match

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

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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SarajevoWest Palm Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoWest Palm Beach
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian-
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation518 m6 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoWest Palm Beach
City population275,524117,415
People per km²1,947786
Museums within 10 km254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.