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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Mostar or Nuevo Vallarta?

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 Mostar for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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. Mostar 24, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Mostar and Nuevo Vallarta are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Mostar leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Mostar leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Mostar
41match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarNuevo Vallarta

Where the figures come from

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureMostarNuevo Vallarta
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation60 m3 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarNuevo Vallarta
City population105,4481,301
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.