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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Mostar or Samarkand?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Samarkand 54: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Samarkand 14: Mostar leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Samarkand 40: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Samarkand 30: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Samarkand 24: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Samarkand 32: Samarkand leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Samarkand.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

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

Samarkand
Best match
45match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarSamarkand
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianUzbek
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation60 m702 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureMostarSamarkand
City population105,448546,303
People per km²905,058
Museums within 10 km311
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.