What's on in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina through the year

Quiet — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Bura down the valley (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Winter quiet (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Bura down the valley (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Winter quiet (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Bura down the valley (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Winter quiet (15 Nov – 15 Mar)

Busy — Coach day-trip season, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Coach day-trip season

  15 Apr – 15 OctDay-tripper crushCrowded

  Buses from Dubrovnik, Split and Makarska arrive between ten and four and the bridge and the Kujundziluk lane are solid for those hours. Stay the night and you get the old town at breakfast and after six.

Busy — Coach day-trip season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct)

Busy — Coach day-trip season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in June.

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct)

Peak crowds — Coach day-trip season, Old Bridge diving competition

• Hazard

  Neretva valley heat

  1 Jul – 31 AugExtreme heat

  This is the hottest corner of Bosnia, a Mediterranean pocket walled in by bare karst that radiates all afternoon. The river gorge and the shaded cafes under the bridge are where the town waits it out. Source ↗

• Festival

  Old Bridge diving competition

  20 Jul – 2 Aug · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The formal competition off the bridge has been held every summer since 1968, at the end of July, and divers come from the Adriatic coast for it. Both banks fill early; the west side gives you the jump in profile. Source ↗

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct)

Peak crowds — Coach day-trip season, Old Bridge diving competition

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct), Neretva valley heat (1 Jul – 31 Aug), Old Bridge diving competition (20 Jul – 2 Aug (usually))

Busy — Coach day-trip season, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct)

Busy — Coach day-trip season, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Coach day-trip season (15 Apr – 15 Oct)

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Bura down the valley

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · usuallyWind seasonRisk

  Cold air spills off the plateau and funnels down the Neretva, and a bura day here feels a great deal colder than the number suggests. It usually comes with hard blue sky. Source ↗

• Season

  Winter quiet

  15 Nov – 15 MarOff-season shutdownClosures

  The souvenir lane half shuts and the day-trip coaches stop, leaving a working provincial city with its mosques, its ruins and very few visitors. Some of the riverside restaurants close outright.

Quiet — school holidays in 7 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Bura down the valley (1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)), Winter quiet (15 Nov – 15 Mar)