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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón, La Romana
La RomanaThe church of San Estanislao at Altos de Chavón

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; La Romana by Edgar El, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or La Romana?

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 Kotor for

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose La Romana for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on La Romana’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. Kotor 57, La Romana 84: La Romana leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, La Romana 38: La Romana leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, La Romana 24: Kotor leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Kotor and La Romana are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, La Romana 62: Kotor leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, La Romana 52: Kotor leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, La Romana 56: La Romana leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, La Romana 24: Kotor leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, La Romana 28: La Romana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, La Romana 50: Kotor leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, La Romana 17: Kotor leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, La Romana 44: La Romana leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and La Romana.

Your match

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

Kotor
Best match
45match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

La Romana
42match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

La Romana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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.

La Romana's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Punta Cana.

La Romana 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). La Romana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (65.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorLa Romana
Official languageMontenegrinSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsCasa De Campo International Airport (LRM)7 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorLa Romana
City population562139,238
People per km²-512
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.