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Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Mazatlan 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 Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • families

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Mazatlan 80, Mostar 24: Mazatlan leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Mazatlan 62, Mostar 40: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mazatlan 42, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Mazatlan 55, Mostar 25: Mazatlan leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mazatlan 66, Mostar 64: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mazatlan 45, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Mazatlan 60, Mostar 34: Mazatlan leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Mazatlan 42, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Mazatlan 30, Mostar 32: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Mazatlan 70, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mazatlan 40, Mostar 16: Mazatlan leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mazatlan 35, Mostar 20: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mazatlan and Mostar.

Your match

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

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Mostar
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.

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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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MazatlanMostar

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMazatlanMostar
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation139 m60 m
Main airportGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMazatlanMostar
City population441,975105,448
People per km²-90
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.