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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or Yogyakarta?

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

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, Yogyakarta 62: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, Yogyakarta 32: Sarajevo leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, Yogyakarta 72: Sarajevo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, Yogyakarta 40: Yogyakarta leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, Yogyakarta 35: Sarajevo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, Yogyakarta 52: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, Yogyakarta 50: Yogyakarta leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and Yogyakarta.

Your match

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

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoYogyakarta
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianIndonesian
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation518 m113 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoYogyakarta
City population275,524422,732
People per km²1,94713,007
Museums within 10 km2538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.