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The Latin Bridge over the Miljacka, Sarajevo
SarajevoThe Latin Bridge over the Miljacka
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Sarajevo by Tumi-1983, CC0; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Sarajevo or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose York for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: York leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Sarajevo 60, York 42: Sarajevo leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Sarajevo 64, York 70: York leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Sarajevo 44, York 36: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sarajevo 78, York 62: Sarajevo leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Sarajevo 62, York 80: York leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Sarajevo 38, York 60: York leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Sarajevo 60, York 72: York leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Sarajevo 40, York 46: York leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Sarajevo 80, York 38: Sarajevo leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sarajevo 40, York 38: Sarajevo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sarajevo 42, York 34: Sarajevo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sarajevo and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Sarajevo
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on families and day trips 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
15 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Sarajevo: 1991-2020 normals, Sarajevo-Bejelave (2 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSarajevoYork
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianEnglish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation518 m25 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)7 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureSarajevoYork
City population275,524208,400
People per km²1,947766
Museums within 10 km2524
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.