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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

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

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices

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. Lisbon 50, Mostar 24: Lisbon leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Mostar 40: Lisbon leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Mostar 54: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Mostar 25: Lisbon leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Mostar 64: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Mostar 60: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Mostar 34: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Mostar 44: Lisbon leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Mostar 32: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Mostar 16: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Mostar 20: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Mostar.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonMostar
Official languagePortugueseCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation100 m60 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonMostar
City population545,796105,448
People per km²5,45390
Museums within 10 km803
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.