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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Lima?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Lima for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Lima 88: Lima leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Lima 66: Lima leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Lima 62: Lima leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Lima 45: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Lima 34: Kotor leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Lima 42: Lima leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Lima 35: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Lima 52: Lima leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Lima 70: Lima leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Lima 53: Lima leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Lima 25: Lima leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Lima.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Lima
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and live music and the arts 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorLima
Official languageMontenegrinSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation10 m154 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorLima
City population5629,943,800
People per km²-3,721
Museums within 10 km347
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.