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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Kotor or Montego Bay?

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

  • getting around
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Montego Bay 50: Montego Bay leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Montego Bay 28: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Montego Bay 65: Kotor leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Montego Bay 50: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Montego Bay 48: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Montego Bay 20: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Montego Bay 25: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Montego Bay 38: Kotor leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Montego Bay 32: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Montego Bay.

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 getting around and culture and sights with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorMontego Bay
Official languageMontenegrinEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation10 m19 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-10 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorMontego Bay
City population562123,994
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.