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Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Montevideo 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 Montevideo for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mostar for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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. Montevideo 55, Mostar 24: Montevideo leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Montevideo 57, Mostar 40: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Montevideo and Mostar are level on 54.
Nightlife. Montevideo 50, Mostar 25: Montevideo leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montevideo 34, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Montevideo 55, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montevideo 55, Mostar 34: Montevideo leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Montevideo 54, Mostar 44: Montevideo leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Montevideo 36, Mostar 32: Montevideo leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Montevideo 42, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montevideo 57, Mostar 16: Montevideo leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montevideo 38, Mostar 20: Montevideo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montevideo and Mostar.

Your match

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

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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.

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 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. Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontevideoMostar
Official language-Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyPeso Uruguayo (UYU)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCFIL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation41 m60 m
Main airportCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontevideoMostar
City population1,302,954105,448
People per km²1,78590
Museums within 10 km363
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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). 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.