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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kotor for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Dublin 27, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Kotor 37: Dublin leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Kotor 55: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Kotor 30: Dublin leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Dublin and Kotor are level on 72.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Kotor 36: Dublin leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Kotor 48: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Kotor 20: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Kotor 20: Dublin leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Kotor 24: Dublin leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Kotor.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and shopping with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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

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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinKotor
Official languageEnglish, IrishMontenegrin
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m10 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureDublinKotor
City population592,713562
People per km²5,154-
Museums within 10 km403
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.