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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Bath or Kotor?

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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Kotor for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Kotor’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. Bath 10, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Kotor 37: Bath leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Kotor 55: Bath leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bath and Kotor are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Kotor 72: Bath leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Kotor 36: Bath leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Kotor 48: Bath leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Kotor 20: Bath leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Kotor 20: Bath leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Kotor 24: Bath leads by 54 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Kotor.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and shopping with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Kotor in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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.

Kotor 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.

Kotor's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Podgorica-Grad.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathKotor
Official languageEnglishMontenegrin
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation132 m10 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBathKotor
City population94,092562
People per km²3,245-
Museums within 10 km173
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.