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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
La Concha beach and Monte Urgull, San Sebastian
San SebastianLa Concha beach and Monte Urgull

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; San Sebastian by Guérin Nicolas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Kotor or San Sebastian?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose San Sebastian for

  • food and drink
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on San Sebastian’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, San Sebastian 68: San Sebastian leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, San Sebastian 88: San Sebastian leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, San Sebastian 52: Kotor leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, San Sebastian 44: San Sebastian leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, San Sebastian 72: Kotor leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, San Sebastian 66: San Sebastian leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, San Sebastian 80: San Sebastian leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, San Sebastian 40: San Sebastian leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, San Sebastian 32: Kotor leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, San Sebastian 45: San Sebastian leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, San Sebastian 50: San Sebastian leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and San Sebastian.

Your match

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

Kotor
45match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

San Sebastian
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and getting around 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

San Sebastian in July

22 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
92 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
21 °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.

San Sebastian's station stands 252 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). San Sebastian: 1991-2020 normals, San Sebastian / Igueldo (6.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSan Sebastian
Official languageMontenegrinSpanish
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 m6 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSan Sebastián Airport (EAS)16 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSan Sebastian
City population562189,866
People per km²-3,118
Museums within 10 km314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km33
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 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.