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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Kotor for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Ghent 25, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Kotor 37: Ghent leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Kotor 55: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Kotor 30: Ghent leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Kotor 72: Ghent leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Kotor 36: Ghent leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Kotor 48: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Kotor 20: Ghent leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Kotor 57: Kotor leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Kotor 20: Ghent leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 33, Kotor 24: Ghent leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Kotor.

Your match

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

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

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. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentKotor
Official languageFrench, German, DutchMontenegrin
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation12 m10 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureGhentKotor
City population272,657562
People per km²1,728-
Museums within 10 km303
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km53
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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. 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.