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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The cathedral from Piazza del Duomo, Milan
MilanThe cathedral from Piazza del Duomo

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Milan by Jiuguang Wang, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or Milan?

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
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Milan for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Milan’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, Milan 20: Kotor leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Milan 78: Milan leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Milan 78: Milan leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Milan 66: Milan leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Milan 65: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Milan 91: Milan leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Milan 55: Milan leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Milan 79: Milan leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Milan 92: Milan leads by 72 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Milan 33: Kotor leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Milan 82: Milan leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Milan 42: Milan leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Milan.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Milan
Best match
65match

Wins on shopping 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

Milan in July

30 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
70 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Milan 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.

Milan's sunshine is measured 41 km from the centre, at Novara / Cameri.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Milan: 1991-2020 normals, Milano / Linate (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorMilan
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 m138 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)40 km from centre208 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorMilan
City population5621,354,196
People per km²-7,453
Museums within 10 km388
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km34
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.