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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Durban 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 Durban for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Mostar for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. Durban 80, Mostar 24: Durban leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Durban 60, Mostar 40: Durban leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Durban 38, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Durban 40, Mostar 25: Durban leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Durban 68, Mostar 64: Durban leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Durban 38, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Durban 60, Mostar 34: Durban leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Durban 20, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Durban 42, Mostar 32: Durban leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Durban 72, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Durban 40, Mostar 16: Durban leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Durban 30, Mostar 20: Durban leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Durban and Mostar.

Your match

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

Durban
Best match
49match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

Wins on getting around 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.

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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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DurbanMostar

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDurbanMostar
Official languageEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign LanguageCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyRand (ZAR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCMN230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+2UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation22 m60 m
Main airportKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureDurbanMostar
City population595,061105,448
People per km²2,63490
Museums within 10 km13
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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