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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or Ocean City, Maryland?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Kotor leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Kotor leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Kotor leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Kotor
Best match
45match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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.

Ocean City, Maryland 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). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorOcean City, Maryland
Official languageMontenegrin-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m2 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorOcean City, Maryland
City population5626,844
People per km²-73
Museums within 10 km30
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.