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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

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

Choose Kotor for

  • 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. Izmir 62, Kotor 57: Izmir leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Kotor 37: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir and Kotor are level on 55.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Kotor 30: Izmir leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Kotor 80: Kotor leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Kotor 72: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Kotor 36: Izmir leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Kotor 48: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Kotor 20: Izmir leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Kotor 57: Izmir leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Kotor 20: Izmir leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Kotor 24: Izmir leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Kotor.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on food and drink and shopping with your weighting.

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °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

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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirKotor
Official languageTurkishMontenegrin
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation2 m10 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirKotor
City population4,493,242562
People per km²4,760-
Museums within 10 km293
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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. 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.