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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The tusks over Moi Avenue, Mombasa
MombasaThe tusks over Moi Avenue

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Mombasa by Rob Oo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Mombasa?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mombasa for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mombasa’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, Mombasa 82: Mombasa leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Mombasa 60: Mombasa leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor and Mombasa are level on 55.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Mombasa 46: Mombasa leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Mombasa 74: Kotor leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Mombasa 45: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Mombasa 45: Mombasa leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Mombasa 30: Kotor leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Mombasa 35: Mombasa leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Mombasa 70: Mombasa leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Mombasa 22: Mombasa leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Mombasa 40: Mombasa leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Mombasa.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Mombasa
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

Mombasa in July

28 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
63 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °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.

Mombasa 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). Mombasa: 1991-2020 normals, Mombasa (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorMombasa
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation10 m50 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsMoi International Airport (MBA)8 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorMombasa
City population5621,208,333
People per km²-4,100
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.