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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Kotor or Palermo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Palermo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Palermo leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Palermo 72: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Palermo 50: Palermo leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Palermo 44: Palermo leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Palermo 63: Palermo leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Palermo 30: Palermo leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Palermo.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on food and drink 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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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.

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorPalermo
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 m14 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorPalermo
City population562630,167
People per km²-3,924
Museums within 10 km342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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.