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The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Chengdu 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 Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • wellness

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

Choose Mostar for

  • 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. Chengdu 5, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Chengdu 86, Mostar 40: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Chengdu 60, Mostar 54: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Chengdu 68, Mostar 25: Chengdu leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chengdu 68, Mostar 64: Chengdu leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Chengdu 80, Mostar 60: Chengdu leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Chengdu 65, Mostar 34: Chengdu leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Chengdu 74, Mostar 44: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Chengdu 64, Mostar 32: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Chengdu 80, Mostar 78: Chengdu leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chengdu 50, Mostar 16: Chengdu leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chengdu 58, Mostar 20: Chengdu leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chengdu and Mostar.

Your match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChengduMostar
Official languagePutonghuaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119112
Elevation500 m60 m
Main airportChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureChengduMostar
City population20,937,757105,448
People per km²1,45690
Museums within 10 km103
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.