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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Bougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral, Limassol
LimassolBougainvillea and the dome of Agia Napa Cathedral

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.

Kotor or Limassol?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Limassol for

  • families
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’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, Limassol 77: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Limassol 58: Limassol leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Limassol 38: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Limassol 50: Limassol leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Limassol 65: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Limassol 76: Limassol leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Limassol 63: Limassol leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Limassol 38: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Limassol 44: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Limassol 32: Limassol leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Limassol 42: Limassol leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Limassol.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Limassol
Best match
52match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Limassol in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 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.

Limassol 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.

Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorLimassol
Official languageMontenegrinTurkish, Greek, Modern Greek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m10 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsLarnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-17 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorLimassol
City population562107,970
People per km²-2,405
Museums within 10 km32
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months6 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.