Sarajevo in August

Hot; Film Festival fills hotels mid-month.

All twelve months in one grid — weather, crowds and prices, with gaps left as unknown.

August is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• SeptemberGreatWarm and settled.
• MayGreatWarm and green; good month.
• JuneGreatWarm; long days.
• OctoberGoodCrisp; good walking.

• SarajevoHighs around 27 °C (81 °F), lows around 14 °C (57 °F), rain on about 9 daysHighs around 81 °F (27 °C), lows around 57 °F (14 °C), rain on about 9 days
• Sarajevo and the mountains, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Sarajevo, Jahorina, Bjelašnica, Sutjeskabest weather

  Cold snowy winters with smog trapped in the Sarajevo basin; summers pleasant at 500+ m. Ski season December–March.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Sarajevo Film Festival check

  Mid-August (check) · Cinemas and squares

  Hotels full and crowds in the evening; book early.

Crowds · Bosnia and Herzegovina overall

High

Prices · Bosnia and Herzegovina overall

High

Bosnia and Herzegovina overall: Sarajevo Film Festival fills the capital mid-month; heat in Herzegovina.

High-price month: see what to book ahead.

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Sarajevo, side by side.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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