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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Kotor or Salzburg?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Salzburg 45: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Salzburg 25: Kotor leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Salzburg 32: Kotor leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 31 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and wellness 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSalzburg
Official languageMontenegrinGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation10 m424 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-16 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSalzburg
City population562155,021
People per km²-2,360
Museums within 10 km338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
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). 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.