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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Kotor or Philadelphia?

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
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Kotor leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Philadelphia 52: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Philadelphia 80: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Philadelphia 40: Kotor leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Philadelphia 26: Philadelphia leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Philadelphia.

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 and beaches with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-12 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorPhiladelphia
City population5621,603,797
People per km²-4,339
Museums within 10 km354
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.