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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Sanctuary of Truth by the sea, Pattaya
PattayaThe Sanctuary of Truth by the sea

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Pattaya by Matrix, Pexels License.

Mostar or Pattaya?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Pattaya for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Pattaya’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, Pattaya 66: Pattaya leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Pattaya 30: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Pattaya 76: Pattaya leads by 51 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Pattaya 40: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Pattaya 52: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Pattaya 55: Pattaya leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Pattaya 36: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Pattaya 42: Pattaya leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Pattaya 84: Pattaya leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Pattaya 30: Pattaya leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Pattaya 58: Pattaya leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Pattaya.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Pattaya
Best match
52match

Wins on nightlife and beaches 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

Pattaya in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Pattaya's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Sattahip.

Pattaya has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Pattaya's sunshine is measured 86 km from the centre, at Bangna Agromet / Ban Khlong Samrong.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Pattaya: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1961-1990, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sattahip (31.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarPattaya
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianThai
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation60 m35 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)83 km from centre150 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMostarPattaya
City population105,448119,532
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.