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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
Kek Lok Si temple on the hillside, Penang
PenangKek Lok Si temple on the hillside

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Penang by Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Mostar or Penang?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Penang for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Penang’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, Penang 44: Penang leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Penang 86: Penang leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Penang 70: Penang leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Penang 40: Penang leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Penang 55: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Penang 42: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Penang 52: Penang leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Penang 40: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Penang 42: Penang leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mostar and Penang are level on 78.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Penang 30: Penang leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Penang 42: Penang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Penang.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Penang
Best match
52match

Wins on food and drink and wellness 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

Penang in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarPenang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Penang: 1991-2020 normals, Penang / Bayan Lepas (14.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarPenang
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianMalay
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation60 m4 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsPenang International Airport (PEN)14 km from centre32 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMostarPenang
City population105,448794,313
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km39
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.