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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mostar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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. Delhi 4, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Mostar 40: Delhi leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Mostar 54: Delhi leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Mostar 25: Delhi leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Mostar 60: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Mostar 34: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Mostar 44: Delhi leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Mostar 32: Delhi leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Mostar 78: Delhi leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Mostar 16: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Mostar 20: Delhi leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Mostar.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiMostar
Official languageHindi, EnglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation221 m60 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiMostar
City population26,495,000105,448
People per km²18,96290
Museums within 10 km233
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.