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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Madrid 5, Mostar 24: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Mostar 40: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Mostar 54: Madrid leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Mostar 25: Madrid leads by 60 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Mostar 60: Madrid leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Mostar 34: Madrid leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Mostar 44: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Mostar 32: Madrid leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Mostar 16: Madrid leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Mostar 20: Madrid leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Mostar.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices 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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridMostar
Official languageSpanishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation663 m60 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridMostar
City population3,506,730105,448
People per km²5,80190
Museums within 10 km883
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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). 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.