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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Three Graces at Pier Head, Liverpool
LiverpoolThe Three Graces at Pier Head

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Liverpool by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Liverpool?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Liverpool for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Liverpool’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, Liverpool 22: Kotor leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Liverpool 48: Liverpool leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Liverpool 64: Liverpool leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Liverpool 52: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Liverpool 64: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Liverpool 55: Liverpool leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Liverpool 68: Liverpool leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Liverpool 52: Liverpool leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Liverpool 50: Kotor leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Liverpool 66: Liverpool leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Liverpool 22: Kotor leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Liverpool.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Liverpool
Best match
52match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Liverpool in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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.

Liverpool's temperatures are measured 47 km from the centre, at Manchester Airport.

Liverpool 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). Liverpool: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (47.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorLiverpool
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation10 m70 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsLiverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL)12 km from centre75 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-8 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorLiverpool
City population562513,441
People per km²-4,592
Museums within 10 km331
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.