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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mostar or Siena?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Siena for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Siena 62: Siena leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Siena 78: Siena leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Siena 27: Siena leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Siena 65: Siena leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Siena 94: Siena leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Siena 38: Siena leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Siena 60: Siena leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Siena 35: Siena leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Siena 42: Mostar leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Siena 36: Siena leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Siena 55: Siena leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Siena.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarSiena
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianItalian
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation60 m322 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarSiena
City population105,44852,812
People per km²90446
Museums within 10 km330
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.