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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Alicante or Mostar?

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 Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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. Alicante 82, Mostar 24: Alicante leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Mostar 40: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Mostar 25: Alicante leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Mostar 60: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Mostar 34: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Mostar 44: Alicante leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Mostar 32: Alicante leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Mostar 16: Alicante leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Mostar 20: Alicante leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Mostar.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteMostar
Official languageSpanishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation3 m60 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteMostar
City population366,221105,448
People per km²1,81990
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.