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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • families

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

Choose Kotor for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Genoa 62, Kotor 57: Genoa leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Kotor 37: Genoa leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Kotor 55: Genoa leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Kotor 30: Genoa leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Kotor 72: Genoa leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Kotor 36: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Kotor 48: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Kotor 20: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Kotor 20: Genoa leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Kotor 24: Genoa leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Kotor.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

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. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaKotor
Official languageItalianMontenegrin
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation20 m10 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaKotor
City population558,745562
People per km²2,325-
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.