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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mostar or San Miguel de Allende?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose San Miguel de Allende for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, San Miguel de Allende 38: San Miguel de Allende leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, San Miguel de Allende 40: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, San Miguel de Allende 32: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, San Miguel de Allende 48: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, San Miguel de Allende 50: Mostar leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, San Miguel de Allende 40: San Miguel de Allende leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and San Miguel de Allende.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

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

San Miguel de Allende
Best match
48match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarSan Miguel de Allende

Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation60 m1,900 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarSan Miguel de Allende
City population105,44869,811
People per km²90-
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.