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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Mostar or Windhoek?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, Windhoek 36: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, Windhoek 30: Mostar leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Mostar and Windhoek are level on 25.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, Windhoek 52: Mostar leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, Windhoek 14: Mostar leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, Windhoek 30: Mostar leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, Windhoek 22: Mostar leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, Windhoek 30: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, Windhoek 62: Mostar leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, Windhoek 18: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Mostar
Best match
41match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MostarWindhoek

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarWindhoek
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianEnglish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation60 m1,650 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarWindhoek
City population105,448486,169
People per km²9095
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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.