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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kotor or Salvador?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Salvador for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Salvador 52: Kotor leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Salvador 56: Kotor leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Salvador 42: Kotor leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Salvador 32: Salvador leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Salvador.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 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). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSalvador
Official languageMontenegrinPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m8 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSalvador
City population5622,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km349
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.