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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • 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. Avignon 22, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Mostar 40: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Mostar 54: Avignon leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Mostar 25: Avignon leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Mostar 64: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Mostar 60: Avignon leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Mostar 34: Avignon leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Mostar 44: Avignon leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Mostar 32: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Mostar 16: Avignon leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Mostar 20: Avignon leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Mostar.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonMostar
Official languageFrenchCroatian, 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
Elevation10 m60 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonMostar
City population92,188105,448
People per km²1,42090
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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.