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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • 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. Gdansk 40, Mostar 24: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Mostar 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Mostar 54: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Mostar 25: Gdansk leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Mostar 60: Gdansk leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Mostar 34: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Mostar 44: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Mostar 32: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Mostar 16: Gdansk leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Mostar 20: Gdansk leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Mostar.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
17 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

Gdansk has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskMostar
Official languagePolishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m60 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskMostar
City population487,834105,448
People per km²71490
Museums within 10 km343
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.