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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Montpellier’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. Montpellier 64, Mostar 24: Montpellier leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Mostar 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Mostar 54: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Mostar 25: Montpellier leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Mostar 64: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Mostar 60: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Mostar 34: Montpellier leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Mostar 44: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Mostar 32: Montpellier leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Mostar 16: Montpellier leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Mostar 20: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Mostar.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °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. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierMostar
Official languageFrenchCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m60 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierMostar
City population310,240105,448
People per km²5,45290
Museums within 10 km143
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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). 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.