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The clock tower in the old town, Kotor
KotorThe clock tower in the old town
Ca' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay, Sarasota
SarasotaCa' d'Zan, the Ringling mansion on Sarasota Bay

Photos: Kotor by Muhammed Fatih Beki, Pexels License; Sarasota by Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kotor or Sarasota?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Sarasota for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Sarasota’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, Sarasota 86: Sarasota leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Kotor 37, Sarasota 44: Sarasota leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Kotor 55, Sarasota 45: Kotor leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Kotor 30, Sarasota 28: Kotor leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kotor 80, Sarasota 55: Kotor leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Kotor 72, Sarasota 50: Kotor leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Kotor 36, Sarasota 68: Sarasota leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Kotor 48, Sarasota 28: Kotor leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Kotor 20, Sarasota 40: Sarasota leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Kotor 57, Sarasota 30: Kotor leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kotor 20, Sarasota 58: Sarasota leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kotor 24, Sarasota 45: Sarasota leads by 21 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kotor and Sarasota.

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.

Sarasota
Best match
48match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Sarasota in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
195 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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.

Sarasota 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.

Sarasota's sunshine is measured 70 km from the centre, at Tampa International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kotor: 1991-2020 normals, Tivat (4.2 km from centre). Sarasota: 2006-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sarasota / Ballentine Manor (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKotorSarasota
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 m7 m
Main airportTivat Airport (TIV)5 km from centre42 non-stop destinationsSarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ)7 km from centre70 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureKotorSarasota
City population56254,842
People per km²-840
Museums within 10 km33
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 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.