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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

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. El Nido 92, Mostar 24: El Nido leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Mostar 40: Mostar leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Mostar 25: El Nido leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Mostar 64: El Nido leads by 23 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 52 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Mostar 34: El Nido leads by 6 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Mostar 32: Mostar leads by 25 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Mostar 16: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Mostar 20: El Nido leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Mostar.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Mostar
Best match
41match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoMostar
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation35 m60 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoMostar
City population51,367105,448
People per km²5690
Museums within 10 km03
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.