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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Mostar or Valparaiso?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Valparaiso 50: Valparaiso leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Valparaiso 60: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Valparaiso 33: Mostar leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Mostar and Valparaiso are level on 44.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Valparaiso 30: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Valparaiso 60: Mostar leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Valparaiso 38: Valparaiso leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Valparaiso 18: Mostar leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Valparaiso.

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.

Valparaiso
Best match
46match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarValparaiso
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianSpanish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation60 m21 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarValparaiso
City population105,448296,655
People per km²906,180
Museums within 10 km317
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.