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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Chicago 50, Mostar 24: Chicago leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Mostar 40: Chicago leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Mostar 54: Chicago leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Mostar 25: Chicago leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Mostar 34: Chicago leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Mostar 44: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Mostar 32: Chicago leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Mostar 16: Chicago leads by 66 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Mostar 20: Chicago leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Mostar.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoMostar
Official language-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation179 m60 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoMostar
City population2,746,388105,448
People per km²4,52990
Museums within 10 km443
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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.