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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Mostar or Tromso?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Tromso 36: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Tromso 27: Mostar leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Tromso 14: Mostar leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Tromso 15: Mostar leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Tromso 11: Mostar leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Tromso 32: Tromso leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Tromso.

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.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarTromso

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

Before you go

MeasureMostarTromso
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation60 m20 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarTromso
City population105,44879,943
People per km²9032
Museums within 10 km38
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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