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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Mendoza?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • food and drink
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Kotor leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Mendoza 30: Kotor leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Mendoza 83: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Mendoza 52: Kotor leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Kotor and Mendoza are level on 48.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Mendoza 56: Kotor leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Mendoza 33: Mendoza leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

Wins on food and drink and wellness 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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorMendoza
Official languageMontenegrinSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation10 m769 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorMendoza
City population562127,160
People per km²-2,355
Museums within 10 km31
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.