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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Mostar or Osaka?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Osaka 58: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Osaka 60: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Osaka.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarOsaka
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianJapanese
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation60 m20 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarOsaka
City population105,4482,751,862
People per km²9012,340
Museums within 10 km344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.