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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Kotor or La Spezia?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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 Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, La Spezia 58: La Spezia leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, La Spezia 40: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, La Spezia 28: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, La Spezia 79: Kotor leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, La Spezia 48: La Spezia leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, La Spezia 35: La Spezia leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, La Spezia 50: Kotor leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, La Spezia 28: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, La Spezia 32: La Spezia leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

La Spezia
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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 Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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.

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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 Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorLa Spezia
Official languageMontenegrinItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m3 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorLa Spezia
City population56292,119
People per km²-1,792
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.