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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices

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. Bilbao 45, Mostar 24: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Mostar 40: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Mostar 54: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Mostar 25: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Mostar 64: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Mostar 60: Bilbao leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Mostar 34: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Mostar 44: Bilbao leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Mostar 32: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Mostar 16: Bilbao leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Mostar 20: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Mostar.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoMostar

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoMostar
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
Elevation19 m60 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoMostar
City population351,124105,448
People per km²8,44090
Museums within 10 km173
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.