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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Auckland 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 Auckland for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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. Auckland 68, Mostar 24: Auckland leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Mostar 40: Auckland leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Auckland 42, Mostar 25: Auckland leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Mostar 64: Auckland leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Mostar 34: Auckland leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Mostar 32: Auckland leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Mostar 16: Auckland leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Mostar 20: Auckland leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Mostar.

Your match

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

Auckland
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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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Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandMostar
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m60 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandMostar
City population1,470,100105,448
People per km²2,63090
Museums within 10 km153
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Mostar somewhere new.

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.