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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Antwerp 15, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Mostar 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Mostar 54: Antwerp leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Mostar 25: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Mostar 60: Antwerp leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Mostar 34: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Mostar 44: Antwerp leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Mostar 32: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Mostar 16: Antwerp leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Mostar 20: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Mostar.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpMostar
Official languageFrench, German, DutchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m60 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpMostar
City population529,247105,448
People per km²2,54290
Museums within 10 km383
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

Where else could you go?

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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). 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.