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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Mostar or Petra?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’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, Petra 5: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Petra 22: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Petra 85: Petra leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Petra 5: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Petra 78: Petra leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Petra 30: Mostar leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Petra 25: Mostar leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Petra 25: Mostar leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Petra 18: Mostar leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Petra 45: Mostar leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Petra 10: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Petra 28: Petra leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Petra.

Your match

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

Mostar
Best match
41match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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
15 hdaylight a day

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Petra's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Ma'An.

Petra's station stands 219 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Petra 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarPetra
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianArabic
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation60 m850 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMostarPetra
City population105,448-
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.