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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Kotor or Muscat?

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
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Muscat for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Muscat 44: Muscat leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor and Muscat are level on 55.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Muscat 14: Kotor leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Muscat 70: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Muscat 62: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Muscat 20: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Muscat 45: Kotor leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Muscat 40: Muscat leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Muscat.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on getting around and nightlife with your weighting.

Muscat
Best match
48match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °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.

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorMuscat
Official languageMontenegrinArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number112968
Elevation10 m69 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations

By the numbers

MeasureKotorMuscat
City population5621,421,409
People per km²-406
Museums within 10 km310
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. 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.