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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mostar or Tokyo?

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

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Tokyo leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Tokyo 68: Tokyo leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 61 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 67 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Tokyo 48: Mostar leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 70 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Mostar
41match

Wins on prices with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarTokyo
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianJapanese
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation60 m6 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarTokyo
City population105,44814,264,798
People per km²906,501
Museums within 10 km3192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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.