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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Kotor or Pensacola?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Pensacola 45: Pensacola leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Pensacola 45: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Pensacola 62: Kotor leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Pensacola 45: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Pensacola 18: Kotor leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Pensacola 28: Pensacola leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Pensacola 44: Kotor leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Pensacola 36: Pensacola leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Pensacola 30: Pensacola leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Kotor
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorPensacola
Official languageMontenegrin-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m31 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorPensacola
City population56254,312
People per km²-515
Museums within 10 km35
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months7 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.