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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mostar or Oslo?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Oslo for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Oslo 52: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Oslo 14: Mostar leads by 64 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Oslo.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarOslo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarOslo
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation60 m23 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarOslo
City population105,448717,710
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.