Cheap flights from Dublin to Sarajevo

Start from the expensive end of the year: the summer holiday weeks and the turn of the year, when demand in both capitals pushes connecting fares up and the fare calendar on this page goes quiet. If your dates land in December, book as far ahead as the airlines allow rather than waiting for a dip that may not come.

Work back from there and November comes up as the month that prices lowest on this pairing, with the calendar listing fares from September through May. Midweek departures generally undercut Friday and Sunday travel, and outside the holiday crush a few weeks of notice is usually enough; for the Christmas and New Year run, book early.

Nothing here is nonstop, so the connection is the product: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines threads through Amsterdam, LOT Polish Airlines through Warsaw, Croatia Airlines through Zagreb, British Airways through London, Turkish Airlines through Istanbul, Edelweiss Air through Zurich and Lufthansa City Airlines through Germany.

Most of these fold a hold bag into the fare and, on most legs, a meal. Transavia France, Norwegian International and Sun Express make up the low-cost camp, routing via France, Scandinavia and Türkiye, where the fare covers a cabin bag and a hold bag is an add-on. Price the baggage in either way, because it can erase the gap between the two camps.

Landing in Sarajevo after dark changes the arithmetic: the tram that serves the airport runs less often in the evening, so the taxi rank outside arrivals becomes the reliable way into town. Sarajevo International sits close to the city, which keeps even a night transfer short and simple.

By daylight the same trip is easier still: the tram stop near the terminal runs a direct line toward the centre, and taxis wait throughout the day. Watch the winter, though — fog and snow settle into the valley and can slow an approach, so leave slack in any evening plan that depends on being somewhere by a set hour.

Currency

BAD

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian

Emergency number

112, 122, 123

Driving side

right

Calling code

+387

Internet domain

.ba

Population of Sarajevo

276 k (2013)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Sarajevo)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Every itinerary on this route changes planes, so check the stopover city and the gap between flights before you commit.
• On separate tickets, leave a wide buffer between flights, because the second airline has no duty to rebook you.
• Low-cost fares from the likes of Transavia France and Sun Express cover a cabin bag only, so price in checked luggage before comparing.
• Check the entry rules for Bosnia and Herzegovina on your passport, and whether your stopover country wants a transit visa.
• Use the fare calendar for dates: November prices lowest here, while the summer weeks fall outside the listed months.