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Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mostar or York?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Mostar leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Mostar 40, York 42: York leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Mostar 54, York 70: York leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Mostar 25, York 36: York leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mostar 64, York 62: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Mostar 60, York 80: York leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Mostar 34, York 60: York leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Mostar 44, York 72: York leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Mostar 32, York 46: York leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Mostar 78, York 38: Mostar leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mostar 16, York 38: York leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mostar 20, York 34: York leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mostar and York.

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.

York
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and families 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMostarYork
Official languageCroatian, Serbian, BosnianEnglish
CurrencyConvertible Mark (BAM)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation60 m25 m
Main airportSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureMostarYork
City population105,448208,400
People per km²90766
Museums within 10 km324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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. 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.