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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Mostar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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. Luxor 6, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Mostar 40: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Mostar 54: Luxor leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Mostar 25: Mostar leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Mostar 60: Luxor leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Mostar 34: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Mostar 32: Mostar leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Mostar 78: Luxor leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Mostar 16: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Mostar 20: Luxor leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Mostar.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Mostar
Best match
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.

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorMostar
Official languageArabicCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180112
Elevation89 m60 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorMostar
City population202,232105,448
People per km²48690
Museums within 10 km43
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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). 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.